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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
460 BCE
29
354
2. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
230 BCE
753 BCE
384 BCE
460 BCE
3. Democracy instituted atAthens
280
c. 500 BCE
508 BCE
460 BCE
4. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
509 BCE
529 BCE
300 BCE
5. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
c. 600 BCE
323 BCE
500 BCE
544 BCE
6. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
313
280
79
400 BCE
7. Rise of Persian Empire
539 BCE
9
653 BCE
79
8. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
111 BCE
653 BCE
c. 512 BCE
9. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
146 BCE
745 BCE
700 BCE
6 BCE
10. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
458 BCE
400 BCE
257 BCE
117
11. Death of Socrates
257 BCE
202 BCE
399 BCE
326 BCE
12. Construction of the Parthenon
323 BCE
479 BCE
280
432 BCE
13. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
68
549 BCE
273 BCE
285
14. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
111 BCE
c. 100 BCE
600 BCE
c. 200 BCE
15. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
257 BCE
331 BCE
230 BCE
220
16. 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
469 BCE
476
202 BCE
14
17. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
728 BCE
238
354
776 BCE
18. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
185 BCE
395
432 BCE
19. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
460 BCE
404 BCE
563 BCE
c. 600 BCE
20. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
c. 500 BCE
549 BCE
447 BCE
325
21. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
354
400 BCE
232 BCE
22. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
273 BCE
525 BCE
313
23. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
432 BCE
660 BCE
192
c. 100 BCE
24. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
226
49 BCE
6 BCE
202 BCE
25. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
660 BCE
c. 200 BCE
9
26. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
549 BCE
460 BCE
200 BCE
70
27. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
c. 500 BCE
323 BCE
384 BCE
753 BCE
28. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
490 BCE
549 BCE
479 BCE
c. 200 BCE
29. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
226
232 BCE
44 BCE
200s
30. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
305 BCE
6 BCE
500 BCE
31. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
500 BCE
14
273 BCE
395
32. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
483 BCE
447 BCE
525 BCE
33. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
331 BCE
429 BCE
458 BCE
79
34. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
250 BCE
476
70
35. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
6 BCE
200s
500 BCE
36. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
221 BCE
549 BCE
c. 500 BCE
111 BCE
37. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
424 BCE
653 BCE
c. 600 BCE
325
38. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
331 BCE
549 BCE
480 BCE
39. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
728 BCE
525 BCE
207 BCE
40. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
399 BCE
551 BCE
500 BCE
325
41. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
432 BCE
500 BCE
313
546 BCE
42. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
429 BCE
c. 500 BCE
68
250 BCE
43. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
4 BCE
146 BCE
18 BCE
544 BCE
44. 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
458 BCE
305 BCE
399 BCE
45. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
776 BCE
238
600 BCE
250 BCE
46. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
395
509 BCE
410
546 BCE
47. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
776 BCE
238
185 BCE
378
48. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
79
728 BCE
202 BCE
232 BCE
49. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
68
539 BCE
6 BCE
250 BCE
50. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
551 BCE
550 BCE
600 BCE
202 BCE