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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
728 BCE
305 BCE
500 BCE
14
2. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
18 BCE
207 BCE
300 BCE
476
3. Sunga Empire founded.
429 BCE
185 BCE
9
250 BCE
4. Construction of the Parthenon
539 BCE
14
432 BCE
111 BCE
5. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
551 BCE
551 BCE
500 BCE
6. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
483 BCE
c. 500 BCE
480 BCE
776 BCE
7. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
354
273 BCE
432 BCE
8. Death of Cyrus
c. 512 BCE
202 BCE
600 BCE
529 BCE
9. Birth of Aristotle
285
546 BCE
460 BCE
384 BCE
10. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
460 BCE
207 BCE
458 BCE
c. 200 BCE
11. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
313
9
508 BCE
207 BCE
12. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
200s
6 BCE
460 BCE
13. Defeat of Gordian III (238
500 BCE
238
323 BCE
429 BCE
14. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
722 BCE
544 BCE
232 BCE
285
15. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
44 BCE
4 BCE
49 BCE
323 BCE
16. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
18 BCE
c. 455
238
17. Death of Cyrus
300 BCE
551 BCE
14
529 BCE
18. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
600 BCE
460 BCE
424 BCE
600 BCE
19. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
400 BCE
476
c. 600 BCE
20. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
508 BCE
300 BCE
509 BCE
21. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
563 BCE
117
4 BCE
6 BCE
22. 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.
384 BCE
185 BCE
776 BCE
70
23. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
238
202 BCE
424 BCE
c. 600 BCE
24. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
146 BCE
404 BCE
285
29
25. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
490 BCE
220
600 BCE
612 BCE
26. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
220
475 BCE
525 BCE
612 BCE
27. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
653 BCE
469 BCE
335
185 BCE
28. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
776 BCE
326 BCE
200s
331 BCE
29. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
600 BCE
500 BCE
745 BCE
117
30. Democracy instituted atAthens
490 BCE
29
200s
508 BCE
31. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
432 BCE
529 BCE
429 BCE
404 BCE
32. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
c. 455
475 BCE
500 BCE
c. 600 BCE
33. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
612 BCE
410
476
34. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
49 BCE
458 BCE
111 BCE
6 BCE
35. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
321 BCE
79
192
200s
36. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
335
384 BCE
509 BCE
37. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
226
257 BCE
395
202 BCE
38. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
465 BCE
745 BCE
410
404 BCE
39. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
226
544 BCE
238
200 BCE
40. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
563 BCE
6 BCE
549 BCE
745 BCE
41. Rise of the Median Empire
192
200 BCE
68
728 BCE
42. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
68
612 BCE
753 BCE
525 BCE
43. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
700 BCE
660 BCE
544 BCE
226
44. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
745 BCE
44 BCE
202 BCE
45. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
49 BCE
776 BCE
432 BCE
46. Rise of Persian Empire
285
202 BCE
653 BCE
432 BCE
47. Murder of Xerxes
200 BCE
18 BCE
465 BCE
400 BCE
48. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
200s
424 BCE
326 BCE
49. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
490 BCE
273 BCE
404 BCE
465 BCE
50. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
469 BCE
238
257 BCE
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