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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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.






2. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






3. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






4. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






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






6. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






7. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






8. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






9. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






10. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






11. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






12. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






13. 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






14. Death of Socrates






15. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






16. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






17. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






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






19. Birth of Socrates






20. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






22. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






23. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






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






25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






26. Death of Socrates






27. Sunga Empire founded.






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






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






30. Defeat of Gordian III (238






31. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






32. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






34. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






35. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






36. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






37. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






38. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






39. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






40. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






41. Rise of Persian Empire






42. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






43. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






45. Construction of the Parthenon






46. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






47. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






48. Rise of Persian Empire






49. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






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