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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
500 BCE
458 BCE
551 BCE
395
2. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
354
c. 600 BCE
612 BCE
458 BCE
3. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
6 BCE
460 BCE
200 BCE
586 BCE
4. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
c. 600 BCE
395
331 BCE
4 BCE
5. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
202 BCE
447 BCE
192
202 BCE
6. Rise of the Median Empire
202 BCE
458 BCE
600 BCE
728 BCE
7. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
117
250 BCE
192
483 BCE
8. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
257 BCE
230 BCE
c. 455
146 BCE
9. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
111 BCE
404 BCE
220
550 BCE
10. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
600 BCE
250 BCE
563 BCE
546 BCE
11. Rise of Persian Empire
185 BCE
458 BCE
335
653 BCE
12. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
238
653 BCE
146 BCE
13. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
44 BCE
354
79
14. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
14
653 BCE
447 BCE
15. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
600 BCE
202 BCE
549 BCE
70
16. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
722 BCE
44 BCE
70
146 BCE
17. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
745 BCE
475 BCE
185 BCE
447 BCE
18. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
c. 455
700 BCE
273 BCE
400 BCE
19. 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.
202 BCE
476
221 BCE
257 BCE
20. Death of Gautama Buddha
44 BCE
483 BCE
232 BCE
728 BCE
21. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
220
192
c. 500 BCE
378
22. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
44 BCE
586 BCE
753 BCE
23. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
600 BCE
207 BCE
44 BCE
273 BCE
24. Death of Socrates
185 BCE
232 BCE
399 BCE
563 BCE
25. Construction of the Parthenon
395
432 BCE
404 BCE
257 BCE
26. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
70
483 BCE
660 BCE
483 BCE
27. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
483 BCE
447 BCE
68
465 BCE
28. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
586 BCE
480 BCE
653 BCE
285
29. 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.
305 BCE
300 BCE
257 BCE
c. 600 BCE
30. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
4 BCE
221 BCE
539 BCE
31. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
404 BCE
480 BCE
335
207 BCE
32. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
68
404 BCE
117
c. 600 BCE
33. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
c. 100 BCE
525 BCE
465 BCE
458 BCE
34. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
551 BCE
465 BCE
185 BCE
490 BCE
35. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
79
c. 200 BCE
424 BCE
745 BCE
36. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
753 BCE
458 BCE
490 BCE
18 BCE
37. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
146 BCE
18 BCE
660 BCE
700 BCE
38. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
424 BCE
300 BCE
546 BCE
39. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
49 BCE
305 BCE
6 BCE
230 BCE
40. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
745 BCE
207 BCE
700 BCE
323 BCE
41. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
18 BCE
660 BCE
551 BCE
14
42. Death of Socrates
653 BCE
399 BCE
479 BCE
500 BCE
43. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
429 BCE
753 BCE
458 BCE
429 BCE
44. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
202 BCE
192
483 BCE
395
45. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
354
424 BCE
202 BCE
323 BCE
46. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
207 BCE
404 BCE
509 BCE
600 BCE
47. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
551 BCE
185 BCE
508 BCE
48. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
192
111 BCE
529 BCE
49. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
509 BCE
500 BCE
326 BCE
612 BCE
50. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
550 BCE
305 BCE
200 BCE