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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






3. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






4. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






5. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






6. Death of Confucius






7. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






8. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






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






10. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






11. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






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






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






14. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






15. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






16. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






17. completion of Euclid's Elements






18. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






19. Death of Cyrus






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






21. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






22. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






23. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






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






26. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






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






29. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






30. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






31. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






32. Birth of Aristotle






33. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






34. 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.






35. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






36. Birth of Aristotle






37. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






38. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






39. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






40. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






41. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






42. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






43. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






45. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






46. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






47. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






48. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






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