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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. completion of Euclid's Elements






2. Qin Shi Huang unifies China - end of Warring States Period; marking the beginning of Imperial rule in China which lasts until 1912. Construction of the Great Wall by the Qin Dynasty begins.






3. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






4. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






5. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






6. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






7. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






8. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






9. Death of Confucius






10. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






11. First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BCE but no older written record survives.






12. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






13. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






14. Rise of the Median Empire






15. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






16. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






17. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






18. Birth of Socrates






19. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






20. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






21. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






23. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






24. Death of Socrates






25. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






26. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






27. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






28. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






29. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






30. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






31. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






32. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






33. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






34. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






35. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






36. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






37. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






38. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






39. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






40. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






42. First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BCE but no older written record survives.






43. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






44. Romulus Augustus - last Western Roman Emperor is forced to abdicate by Odoacer - a chieftain of the Germanic Heruli; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno in Constantinople in return for the title of dux of Italy; most fr






45. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






47. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






49. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






50. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.







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