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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






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






3. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






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






5. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






6. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






8. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






10. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






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






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






13. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






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






16. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






17. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






18. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






19. Sunga Empire founded.






20. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






22. Birth of Socrates






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






24. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






25. Death of Cyrus






26. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






27. Death of Confucius






28. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






29. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






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






32. Birth of Aristotle






33. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






34. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






35. Construction of the Parthenon






36. completion of Euclid's Elements






37. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






38. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






39. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






40. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






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






42. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






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






44. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






48. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






49. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






50. 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.