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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
14
202 BCE
600 BCE

2. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
550 BCE
c. 600 BCE
653 BCE

3. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
563 BCE
378
257 BCE

4. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
458 BCE
354
600 BCE
447 BCE

5. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
776 BCE
544 BCE
192

6. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
c. 512 BCE
202 BCE
753 BCE
6 BCE

7. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
550 BCE
321 BCE
660 BCE
230 BCE

8. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
18 BCE
14
745 BCE

9. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
400 BCE
653 BCE
192

10. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
c. 512 BCE
192
323 BCE
475 BCE

11. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
285
509 BCE
232 BCE

12. Construction of the Parthenon
500 BCE
432 BCE
447 BCE
146 BCE

13. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
14
49 BCE
539 BCE
551 BCE

14. Death of Socrates
300 BCE
192
399 BCE
68

15. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
c. 512 BCE
546 BCE
424 BCE
14

16. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
c. 455
490 BCE
400 BCE

17. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
586 BCE
321 BCE
220
432 BCE

18. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
549 BCE
600 BCE
202 BCE
305 BCE

19. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
29
544 BCE
378
331 BCE

20. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
500 BCE
551 BCE
660 BCE
722 BCE

21. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
331 BCE
600 BCE
728 BCE
509 BCE

22. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
600 BCE
480 BCE
285

23. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
539 BCE
68
400 BCE

24. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
549 BCE
399 BCE
465 BCE
404 BCE

25. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
745 BCE
539 BCE
226
378

26. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
410
465 BCE
490 BCE

27. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
500 BCE
202 BCE
49 BCE

28. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
395
745 BCE
6 BCE
500 BCE

29. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
447 BCE
429 BCE
546 BCE
500 BCE

30. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
49 BCE
700 BCE
480 BCE
335

31. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
404 BCE
500 BCE
257 BCE
335

32. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
529 BCE
475 BCE
313
660 BCE

33. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
424 BCE
600 BCE
c. 600 BCE

34. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
378
395
458 BCE
447 BCE

35. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
549 BCE
745 BCE
146 BCE
257 BCE

36. 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
238
207 BCE
476
525 BCE

37. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
700 BCE
354
c. 455
44 BCE

38. 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
79
202 BCE
546 BCE
722 BCE

39. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
424 BCE
612 BCE
745 BCE
432 BCE

40. Birth of Socrates
700 BCE
469 BCE
313
612 BCE

41. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
221 BCE
70
68
544 BCE

42. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
550 BCE
111 BCE
410
238

43. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
321 BCE
335
612 BCE
146 BCE

44. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
728 BCE
600 BCE
447 BCE
111 BCE

45. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
200 BCE
4 BCE
29
220

46. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
424 BCE
c. 100 BCE
480 BCE
49 BCE

47. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
586 BCE
220
399 BCE

48. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
447 BCE
325
185 BCE

49. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
335
728 BCE
660 BCE
49 BCE

50. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
250 BCE
424 BCE
429 BCE