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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






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






3. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






4. Construction of the Parthenon






5. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






6. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






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






9. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






10. 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






11. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






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






13. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






15. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






17. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






18. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






19. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






20. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






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






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






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






24. 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






25. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






26. Construction of the Parthenon






27. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






28. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






30. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






31. completion of Euclid's Elements






32. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






33. Death of Socrates






34. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






36. Death of Gautama Buddha






37. Murder of Xerxes






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






39. Rise of the Median Empire






40. Death of Socrates






41. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






42. Sunga Empire founded.






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






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






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






46. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






47. completion of Euclid's Elements






48. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






49. Death of Gautama Buddha






50. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.