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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
395
544 BCE
325
285
2. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
700 BCE
273 BCE
226
424 BCE
3. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
202 BCE
475 BCE
323 BCE
207 BCE
4. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
544 BCE
44 BCE
653 BCE
29
5. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
525 BCE
285
753 BCE
6. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
70
529 BCE
321 BCE
18 BCE
7. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
539 BCE
221 BCE
257 BCE
8. Rise of the Median Empire
c. 100 BCE
226
728 BCE
c. 500 BCE
9. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
612 BCE
529 BCE
480 BCE
728 BCE
10. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
232 BCE
549 BCE
378
11. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
549 BCE
238
257 BCE
325
12. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
550 BCE
429 BCE
483 BCE
13. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
600 BCE
378
745 BCE
280
14. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
325
6 BCE
230 BCE
508 BCE
15. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
321 BCE
424 BCE
395
16. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
469 BCE
378
458 BCE
400 BCE
17. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
753 BCE
653 BCE
354
483 BCE
18. 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.
395
550 BCE
479 BCE
776 BCE
19. 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
335
476
410
399 BCE
20. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
79
539 BCE
508 BCE
404 BCE
21. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
220
354
424 BCE
539 BCE
22. Birth of Aristotle
18 BCE
544 BCE
745 BCE
384 BCE
23. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
44 BCE
c. 512 BCE
653 BCE
24. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
280
226
313
551 BCE
25. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
586 BCE
458 BCE
400 BCE
475 BCE
26. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
722 BCE
500 BCE
280
27. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
200s
508 BCE
c. 600 BCE
586 BCE
28. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
600 BCE
230 BCE
326 BCE
192
29. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
230 BCE
c. 455
c. 600 BCE
49 BCE
30. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
220
321 BCE
490 BCE
146 BCE
31. Sunga Empire founded.
323 BCE
185 BCE
221 BCE
551 BCE
32. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
207 BCE
200 BCE
539 BCE
33. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
395
331 BCE
313
400 BCE
34. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
395
c. 600 BCE
586 BCE
544 BCE
35. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
432 BCE
305 BCE
202 BCE
18 BCE
36. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
321 BCE
546 BCE
117
37. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
447 BCE
18 BCE
c. 200 BCE
38. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
250 BCE
4 BCE
226
39. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
551 BCE
c. 500 BCE
410
117
40. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
500 BCE
18 BCE
550 BCE
200s
41. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
4 BCE
399 BCE
9
250 BCE
42. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
326 BCE
490 BCE
551 BCE
323 BCE
43. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
192
335
354
460 BCE
44. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
700 BCE
660 BCE
500 BCE
250 BCE
45. Death of Confucius
273 BCE
c. 455
479 BCE
335
46. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
200s
146 BCE
432 BCE
600 BCE
47. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
539 BCE
273 BCE
753 BCE
44 BCE
48. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
232 BCE
280
250 BCE
230 BCE
49. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
18 BCE
280
476
50. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
9
476
539 BCE
232 BCE
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