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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
335
458 BCE
207 BCE
480 BCE

2. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
335
400 BCE
395
460 BCE

3. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
326 BCE
285
776 BCE
c. 512 BCE

4. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
700 BCE
202 BCE
331 BCE
753 BCE

5. Democracy instituted atAthens
550 BCE
221 BCE
508 BCE
722 BCE

6. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
612 BCE
14
546 BCE
384 BCE

7. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
230 BCE
68
479 BCE

8. Rise of Persian Empire
432 BCE
9
525 BCE
653 BCE

9. Democracy instituted atAthens
476
539 BCE
117
508 BCE

10. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
313
432 BCE
257 BCE
549 BCE

11. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.
500 BCE
44 BCE
335
305 BCE

12. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
700 BCE
500 BCE
551 BCE
480 BCE

13. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
192
49 BCE
529 BCE
6 BCE

14. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
14
480 BCE
549 BCE
529 BCE

15. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
728 BCE
202 BCE
273 BCE

16. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
c. 512 BCE
410
563 BCE
480 BCE

17. Construction of the Parthenon
508 BCE
432 BCE
9
600 BCE

18. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
18 BCE
508 BCE
79
480 BCE

19. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
469 BCE
331 BCE
111 BCE
200s

20. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
776 BCE
331 BCE
465 BCE
549 BCE

21. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
192
475 BCE
500 BCE
c. 100 BCE

22. Rise of the Median Empire
424 BCE
500 BCE
728 BCE
c. 455

23. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
660 BCE
550 BCE
465 BCE
117

24. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
458 BCE
c. 512 BCE
549 BCE

25. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
331 BCE
549 BCE
410

26. Rise of the Median Empire
250 BCE
728 BCE
117
111 BCE

27. Han Dynasty established in China - after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West - i.e. the Silk Road
313
230 BCE
117
202 BCE

28. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
c. 455
776 BCE
476

29. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
586 BCE
70
185 BCE

30. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.
305 BCE
476
70
660 BCE

31. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
c. 200 BCE
18 BCE
480 BCE
226

32. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
500 BCE
49 BCE
68
250 BCE

33. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
653 BCE
70
146 BCE
326 BCE

34. Birth of Socrates
600 BCE
400 BCE
469 BCE
326 BCE

35. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
549 BCE
c. 512 BCE
207 BCE
660 BCE

36. 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.
404 BCE
313
776 BCE
384 BCE

37. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
586 BCE
202 BCE
232 BCE
111 BCE

38. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
300 BCE
325
660 BCE
257 BCE

39. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
257 BCE
326 BCE
475 BCE
c. 455

40. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
480 BCE
424 BCE
653 BCE
479 BCE

41. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
745 BCE
300 BCE
500 BCE

42. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
745 BCE
202 BCE
331 BCE
220

43. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
c. 200 BCE
c. 100 BCE
202 BCE

44. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
600 BCE
c. 512 BCE
257 BCE
525 BCE

45. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
563 BCE
79
546 BCE
146 BCE

46. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 512 BCE
476
776 BCE
226

47. Death of Confucius
429 BCE
479 BCE
753 BCE
331 BCE

48. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
200s
c. 100 BCE
326 BCE

49. Death of Gautama Buddha
447 BCE
323 BCE
483 BCE
395

50. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
404 BCE
399 BCE
c. 100 BCE
273 BCE