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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






2. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






3. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






4. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






5. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






6. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






7. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






8. completion of Euclid's Elements






9. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






10. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






11. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






12. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






13. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






14. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






15. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






17. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






19. 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






20. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






21. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






22. Construction of the Parthenon






23. Sunga Empire founded.






24. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






25. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






26. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






27. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






28. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






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.






30. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






31. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






32. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






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






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






36. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






37. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






39. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






40. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






41. Death of Cyrus






42. 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.






43. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






44. Democracy instituted atAthens






45. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






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






47. Murder of Xerxes






48. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






50. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed