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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






2. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






4. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






5. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






6. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






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






8. Birth of Aristotle






9. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






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






12. Sunga Empire founded.






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






14. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






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






16. Rise of the Median Empire






17. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






18. Death of Cyrus






19. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






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






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






23. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






24. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






25. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






26. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






27. Rise of Persian Empire






28. Birth of Socrates






29. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






30. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






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






33. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






34. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






35. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






36. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






37. 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






38. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






39. Death of Socrates






40. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






42. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






43. 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.






44. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






45. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






46. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






47. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






48. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






49. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






50. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon