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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






3. Birth of Socrates






4. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






6. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






7. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






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






9. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






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






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






13. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






14. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






15. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






16. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






18. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






20. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






21. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






22. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






23. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






24. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






25. Birth of Aristotle






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






27. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






28. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya tribe - which ruled parts of Magadha - one of the Maha Janapadas






36. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






37. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






40. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






42. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






43. Birth of Socrates






44. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






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






47. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






48. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






49. Death of Socrates






50. 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.







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