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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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
476
313
79
44 BCE

2. Murder of Xerxes
273 BCE
465 BCE
395
6 BCE

3. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
9
207 BCE
753 BCE
539 BCE

4. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
200s
313
384 BCE

5. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
776 BCE
325
600 BCE
447 BCE

6. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
200 BCE
c. 455
323 BCE
44 BCE

7. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
600 BCE
500 BCE
700 BCE

8. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
465 BCE
c. 200 BCE
700 BCE

9. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
232 BCE
475 BCE
432 BCE
285

10. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
117
280
300 BCE

11. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
384 BCE
395
313
700 BCE

12. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
200 BCE
313
378
600 BCE

13. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
220
232 BCE
117
323 BCE

14. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
600 BCE
6 BCE
185 BCE
4 BCE

15. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
490 BCE
460 BCE
79
14

16. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
68
378
117
238

17. Birth of Aristotle
18 BCE
c. 200 BCE
384 BCE
44 BCE

18. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
c. 500 BCE
395
200s
c. 100 BCE

19. 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
563 BCE
c. 455
49 BCE
529 BCE

20. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
207 BCE
539 BCE
354
325

21. Construction of the Parthenon
490 BCE
432 BCE
549 BCE
200 BCE

22. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
612 BCE
447 BCE
335

23. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
18 BCE
539 BCE
586 BCE
200 BCE

24. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
285
429 BCE
273 BCE

25. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
465 BCE
c. 200 BCE
326 BCE
273 BCE

26. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
475 BCE
335
544 BCE
49 BCE

27. Rise of the Median Empire
700 BCE
612 BCE
728 BCE
753 BCE

28. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
273 BCE
4 BCE
323 BCE
525 BCE

29. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
550 BCE
300 BCE
469 BCE
500 BCE

30. Death of Socrates
700 BCE
399 BCE
508 BCE
202 BCE

31. 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
483 BCE
476
321 BCE
722 BCE

32. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
500 BCE
6 BCE
653 BCE
226

33. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
378
18 BCE
257 BCE
551 BCE

34. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
70
395
500 BCE
313

35. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
429 BCE
232 BCE
469 BCE

36. Death of Cyrus
273 BCE
79
529 BCE
776 BCE

37. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
29
200s
429 BCE

38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
465 BCE
146 BCE
321 BCE
238

39. Birth of Aristotle
c. 200 BCE
6 BCE
586 BCE
384 BCE

40. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
476
509 BCE
400 BCE
49 BCE

41. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
202 BCE
480 BCE
226
14

42. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
660 BCE
410
192
479 BCE

43. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
600 BCE
395
509 BCE
323 BCE

44. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
c. 100 BCE
395
c. 500 BCE
111 BCE

45. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
70
18 BCE
395
202 BCE

46. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
6 BCE
70
c. 100 BCE

47. 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.
399 BCE
221 BCE
323 BCE
238

48. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
273 BCE
c. 512 BCE
220
539 BCE

49. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
230 BCE
354
185 BCE

50. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
6 BCE
586 BCE
250 BCE