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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
70
378
354
226

2. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
49 BCE
612 BCE
404 BCE
384 BCE

3. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
546 BCE
257 BCE
200s
465 BCE

4. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
586 BCE
14
508 BCE

5. completion of Euclid's Elements
18 BCE
220
313
c. 500 BCE

6. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
500 BCE
525 BCE
475 BCE
9

7. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
c. 200 BCE
220
612 BCE
404 BCE

8. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
460 BCE
480 BCE
525 BCE
458 BCE

9. 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
563 BCE
202 BCE
18 BCE
600 BCE

10. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
378
280
200 BCE
653 BCE

11. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
476
400 BCE
776 BCE
200s

12. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
79
475 BCE
305 BCE
70

13. Sunga Empire founded.
384 BCE
185 BCE
600 BCE
546 BCE

14. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
728 BCE
722 BCE
29
432 BCE

15. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
529 BCE
192
660 BCE
14

16. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
551 BCE
539 BCE
207 BCE
230 BCE

17. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
549 BCE
14
c. 100 BCE
335

18. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
230 BCE
321 BCE
400 BCE

19. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
586 BCE
458 BCE
354

20. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
653 BCE
745 BCE
300 BCE
200 BCE

21. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
480 BCE
c. 600 BCE
c. 455
c. 100 BCE

22. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
653 BCE
508 BCE
c. 100 BCE
326 BCE

23. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
458 BCE
551 BCE
117
753 BCE

24. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
70
500 BCE
326 BCE

25. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
221 BCE
546 BCE
384 BCE
285

26. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
79
14
202 BCE
300 BCE

27. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
220
600 BCE
111 BCE

28. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
429 BCE
70
508 BCE

29. Death of Confucius
c. 100 BCE
479 BCE
313
285

30. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
305 BCE
384 BCE
480 BCE
600 BCE

31. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
29
c. 455
220
285

32. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
c. 500 BCE
221 BCE
44 BCE
4 BCE

33. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
378
202 BCE
202 BCE
c. 200 BCE

34. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
660 BCE
14
586 BCE
458 BCE

35. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
323 BCE
745 BCE
29
465 BCE

36. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
29
200s
c. 512 BCE
321 BCE

37. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
207 BCE
325
410
44 BCE

38. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
500 BCE
280
469 BCE
9

39. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
14
429 BCE
313
653 BCE

40. Democracy instituted atAthens
600 BCE
525 BCE
500 BCE
508 BCE

41. completion of Euclid's Elements
207 BCE
202 BCE
250 BCE
c. 500 BCE

42. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
612 BCE
285
117

43. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
722 BCE
586 BCE
44 BCE
4 BCE

44. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
c. 100 BCE
146 BCE
525 BCE
232 BCE

45. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
549 BCE
200s
117

46. 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.
600 BCE
221 BCE
323 BCE
586 BCE

47. Death of Socrates
776 BCE
508 BCE
399 BCE
722 BCE

48. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
238
c. 100 BCE
68
480 BCE

49. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
c. 100 BCE
586 BCE
202 BCE
395

50. 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
479 BCE
44 BCE
202 BCE
460 BCE