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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
612 BCE
600 BCE
335
525 BCE
2. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
354
273 BCE
c. 455
325
3. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
335
185 BCE
500 BCE
68
4. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
469 BCE
70
9
285
5. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
544 BCE
49 BCE
323 BCE
500 BCE
6. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
9
202 BCE
c. 455
404 BCE
7. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
424 BCE
202 BCE
14
c. 455
8. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
c. 500 BCE
4 BCE
563 BCE
200s
9. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
232 BCE
111 BCE
509 BCE
10. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
479 BCE
232 BCE
230 BCE
70
11. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
550 BCE
476
563 BCE
326 BCE
12. Birth of Socrates
146 BCE
c. 512 BCE
399 BCE
469 BCE
13. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
479 BCE
458 BCE
480 BCE
79
14. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
354
509 BCE
232 BCE
469 BCE
15. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
226
c. 500 BCE
79
200 BCE
16. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
776 BCE
475 BCE
447 BCE
399 BCE
17. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
220
539 BCE
79
728 BCE
18. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
238
653 BCE
325
19. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
660 BCE
508 BCE
500 BCE
20. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
202 BCE
354
4 BCE
21. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
776 BCE
549 BCE
480 BCE
29
22. Death of Socrates
c. 455
321 BCE
399 BCE
325
23. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
458 BCE
300 BCE
700 BCE
612 BCE
24. Democracy instituted atAthens
612 BCE
230 BCE
6 BCE
508 BCE
25. 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.
399 BCE
70
776 BCE
483 BCE
26. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
c. 512 BCE
529 BCE
432 BCE
660 BCE
27. Birth of Socrates
600 BCE
509 BCE
331 BCE
469 BCE
28. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
549 BCE
285
4 BCE
49 BCE
29. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
232 BCE
529 BCE
384 BCE
30. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
4 BCE
500 BCE
354
70
31. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
529 BCE
6 BCE
321 BCE
500 BCE
32. Rise of Persian Empire
313
c. 500 BCE
653 BCE
447 BCE
33. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
146 BCE
230 BCE
354
34. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
c. 200 BCE
280
300 BCE
250 BCE
35. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
508 BCE
221 BCE
226
458 BCE
36. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
200s
111 BCE
476
192
37. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
14
500 BCE
202 BCE
146 BCE
38. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
321 BCE
29
500 BCE
39. Construction of the Parthenon
c. 455
432 BCE
326 BCE
399 BCE
40. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
475 BCE
612 BCE
479 BCE
41. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
200s
c. 600 BCE
469 BCE
660 BCE
42. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
753 BCE
480 BCE
546 BCE
43. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
68
326 BCE
305 BCE
44. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
c. 200 BCE
323 BCE
202 BCE
45. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
313
404 BCE
395
202 BCE
46. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
185 BCE
728 BCE
232 BCE
753 BCE
47. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
230 BCE
529 BCE
9
48. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
612 BCE
335
c. 200 BCE
586 BCE
49. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
753 BCE
220
586 BCE
50. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
326 BCE
539 BCE
612 BCE
395
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