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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
404 BCE
226
480 BCE
722 BCE
2. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
321 BCE
331 BCE
221 BCE
238
3. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
273 BCE
480 BCE
612 BCE
185 BCE
4. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
14
202 BCE
432 BCE
5. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
509 BCE
458 BCE
429 BCE
221 BCE
6. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
238
44 BCE
722 BCE
600 BCE
7. 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.
221 BCE
429 BCE
257 BCE
44 BCE
8. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
432 BCE
544 BCE
305 BCE
c. 200 BCE
9. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
600 BCE
321 BCE
202 BCE
549 BCE
10. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
c. 455
563 BCE
529 BCE
11. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
458 BCE
18 BCE
70
12. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
424 BCE
68
509 BCE
c. 100 BCE
13. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
550 BCE
202 BCE
424 BCE
257 BCE
14. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
612 BCE
728 BCE
432 BCE
c. 455
15. 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.
776 BCE
323 BCE
280
480 BCE
16. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
460 BCE
230 BCE
280
546 BCE
17. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
325
111 BCE
200s
550 BCE
18. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
305 BCE
325
300 BCE
19. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
207 BCE
111 BCE
313
c. 200 BCE
20. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
476
4 BCE
549 BCE
68
21. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
280
600 BCE
c. 600 BCE
185 BCE
22. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
509 BCE
447 BCE
549 BCE
700 BCE
23. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
354
447 BCE
c. 500 BCE
429 BCE
24. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
660 BCE
551 BCE
192
469 BCE
25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
9
4 BCE
c. 200 BCE
280
26. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
465 BCE
475 BCE
549 BCE
c. 100 BCE
27. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
c. 500 BCE
475 BCE
776 BCE
28. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
753 BCE
6 BCE
399 BCE
29. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
c. 455
273 BCE
395
354
30. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
399 BCE
305 BCE
745 BCE
31. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
202 BCE
722 BCE
192
32. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
44 BCE
326 BCE
600 BCE
33. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
226
323 BCE
447 BCE
429 BCE
34. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
508 BCE
323 BCE
c. 512 BCE
14
35. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
745 BCE
544 BCE
29
14
36. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
6 BCE
490 BCE
226
458 BCE
37. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
500 BCE
192
728 BCE
476
38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
410
321 BCE
313
460 BCE
39. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
29
c. 500 BCE
586 BCE
525 BCE
40. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
479 BCE
232 BCE
550 BCE
384 BCE
41. Birth of Aristotle
c. 100 BCE
9
500 BCE
384 BCE
42. Death of Gautama Buddha
117
9
483 BCE
c. 200 BCE
43. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
500 BCE
331 BCE
745 BCE
200 BCE
44. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
9
70
c. 500 BCE
45. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
335
700 BCE
9
207 BCE
46. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
6 BCE
326 BCE
232 BCE
458 BCE
47. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
745 BCE
404 BCE
c. 512 BCE
546 BCE
48. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
207 BCE
447 BCE
273 BCE
539 BCE
49. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
70
458 BCE
146 BCE
465 BCE
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.
c. 100 BCE
432 BCE
529 BCE
221 BCE