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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
325
313
146 BCE
226
2. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
257 BCE
776 BCE
551 BCE
600 BCE
3. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
280
232 BCE
745 BCE
c. 100 BCE
4. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
660 BCE
6 BCE
410
250 BCE
5. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
321 BCE
68
500 BCE
202 BCE
6. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
465 BCE
600 BCE
410
7. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
400 BCE
9
544 BCE
68
8. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
202 BCE
79
399 BCE
9. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
479 BCE
354
335
250 BCE
10. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
500 BCE
745 BCE
400 BCE
200s
11. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
469 BCE
321 BCE
300 BCE
14
12. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
410
325
6 BCE
745 BCE
13. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
68
404 BCE
500 BCE
14. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
700 BCE
313
221 BCE
15. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
226
586 BCE
500 BCE
378
16. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
202 BCE
280
c. 512 BCE
323 BCE
17. Democracy instituted atAthens
404 BCE
600 BCE
745 BCE
508 BCE
18. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
c. 100 BCE
280
500 BCE
539 BCE
19. Murder of Xerxes
447 BCE
550 BCE
273 BCE
465 BCE
20. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
529 BCE
490 BCE
14
551 BCE
21. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
479 BCE
458 BCE
539 BCE
22. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
4 BCE
207 BCE
479 BCE
447 BCE
23. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
c. 100 BCE
509 BCE
529 BCE
24. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
447 BCE
722 BCE
424 BCE
9
25. Construction of the Parthenon
483 BCE
529 BCE
653 BCE
432 BCE
26. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
192
29
4 BCE
378
27. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
384 BCE
399 BCE
753 BCE
220
28. Han Dynasty established in China - after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West - i.e. the Silk Road
c. 500 BCE
202 BCE
500 BCE
776 BCE
29. 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.
539 BCE
221 BCE
c. 100 BCE
257 BCE
30. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
508 BCE
146 BCE
395
31. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 100 BCE
354
c. 512 BCE
508 BCE
32. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
230 BCE
600 BCE
232 BCE
321 BCE
33. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
480 BCE
458 BCE
500 BCE
200 BCE
34. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
586 BCE
185 BCE
354
35. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
273 BCE
550 BCE
458 BCE
313
36. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
313
238
660 BCE
117
37. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
68
753 BCE
326 BCE
38. Birth of Socrates
117
500 BCE
300 BCE
469 BCE
39. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
192
600 BCE
238
378
40. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
586 BCE
600 BCE
539 BCE
41. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
378
200s
410
c. 100 BCE
42. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
14
525 BCE
257 BCE
43. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
378
525 BCE
600 BCE
476
44. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
c. 500 BCE
c. 512 BCE
509 BCE
200 BCE
45. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
326 BCE
525 BCE
c. 100 BCE
46. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
469 BCE
612 BCE
465 BCE
c. 100 BCE
47. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
285
14
653 BCE
49 BCE
48. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
529 BCE
586 BCE
44 BCE
410
49. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
257 BCE
432 BCE
335
49 BCE
50. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
539 BCE
586 BCE
546 BCE
111 BCE