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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
192
117
49 BCE

2. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
250 BCE
273 BCE
202 BCE
429 BCE

3. Death of Gautama Buddha
c. 200 BCE
458 BCE
483 BCE
354

4. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
480 BCE
79
280
509 BCE

5. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
384 BCE
458 BCE
323 BCE
79

6. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
257 BCE
325
660 BCE

7. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
68
4 BCE
432 BCE

8. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
400 BCE
14
49 BCE

9. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
280
273 BCE
404 BCE

10. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
447 BCE
500 BCE
300 BCE
600 BCE

11. 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.
500 BCE
200 BCE
776 BCE
146 BCE

12. Birth of Aristotle
331 BCE
c. 100 BCE
551 BCE
384 BCE

13. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
230 BCE
202 BCE
68
378

14. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
384 BCE
202 BCE
500 BCE
458 BCE

15. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
480 BCE
202 BCE
753 BCE

16. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
563 BCE
273 BCE
6 BCE

17. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
335
400 BCE
321 BCE
79

18. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
325
192
400 BCE
c. 455

19. Construction of the Parthenon
49 BCE
250 BCE
79
432 BCE

20. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
44 BCE
525 BCE
230 BCE

21. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
230 BCE
280
18 BCE

22. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
202 BCE
200 BCE
384 BCE
29

23. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
325
479 BCE
508 BCE

24. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
612 BCE
395
146 BCE
273 BCE

25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
321 BCE
321 BCE
700 BCE
c. 200 BCE

26. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
221 BCE
192
653 BCE

27. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
70
238
c. 512 BCE
475 BCE

28. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
476
300 BCE
202 BCE
722 BCE

29. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
465 BCE
4 BCE
111 BCE
c. 500 BCE

30. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
200 BCE
202 BCE
354
185 BCE

31. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
525 BCE
305 BCE
280

32. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
29
230 BCE
326 BCE
660 BCE

33. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
728 BCE
500 BCE
29
539 BCE

34. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
280
508 BCE
200 BCE
525 BCE

35. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
192
700 BCE
429 BCE

36. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
6 BCE
563 BCE
200s
479 BCE

37. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
745 BCE
404 BCE
323 BCE

38. Murder of Xerxes
29
465 BCE
300 BCE
653 BCE

39. Murder of Xerxes
776 BCE
728 BCE
465 BCE
460 BCE

40. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
221 BCE
550 BCE
c. 455

41. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
525 BCE
313
465 BCE
220

42. 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.
335
469 BCE
221 BCE
273 BCE

43. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
70
700 BCE
305 BCE
400 BCE

44. Rise of the Median Empire
280
469 BCE
200s
728 BCE

45. 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
549 BCE
476
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE

46. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
c. 600 BCE
232 BCE
745 BCE
285

47. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
323 BCE
539 BCE
509 BCE
68

48. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
c. 600 BCE
331 BCE
192
220

49. 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
476
c. 600 BCE
331 BCE
563 BCE

50. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
612 BCE
395
207 BCE
331 BCE