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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
321 BCE
192
c. 200 BCE
18 BCE

2. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
469 BCE
226
700 BCE
c. 455

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

4. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
483 BCE
424 BCE
429 BCE
539 BCE

5. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
250 BCE
200s
200 BCE
480 BCE

6. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
70
111 BCE
226

7. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
c. 455
313
335
460 BCE

8. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
c. 455
400 BCE
221 BCE
549 BCE

9. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
660 BCE
9
c. 455
49 BCE

10. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
79
722 BCE
500 BCE
202 BCE

11. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
49 BCE
c. 100 BCE
753 BCE
44 BCE

12. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
18 BCE
323 BCE
500 BCE
700 BCE

13. Birth of Socrates
c. 200 BCE
600 BCE
257 BCE
469 BCE

14. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
c. 512 BCE
305 BCE
117
192

15. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
326 BCE
6 BCE
200s
539 BCE

16. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
313
c. 455
475 BCE

17. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
c. 200 BCE
480 BCE
660 BCE
146 BCE

18. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
221 BCE
546 BCE
273 BCE
429 BCE

19. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
700 BCE
321 BCE
476

20. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
563 BCE
432 BCE
200s

21. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
660 BCE
44 BCE
221 BCE
745 BCE

22. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
475 BCE
753 BCE
335
480 BCE

23. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
500 BCE
c. 200 BCE
68

24. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
321 BCE
325
546 BCE
250 BCE

25. Death of Socrates
447 BCE
14
399 BCE
586 BCE

26. Birth of Aristotle
465 BCE
300 BCE
44 BCE
384 BCE

27. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
230 BCE
480 BCE
395

28. Sunga Empire founded.
c. 200 BCE
550 BCE
185 BCE
525 BCE

29. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
612 BCE
49 BCE
458 BCE

30. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
6 BCE
600 BCE
18 BCE
475 BCE

31. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
476
475 BCE
49 BCE
490 BCE

32. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
722 BCE
490 BCE
469 BCE
500 BCE

33. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
221 BCE
226
257 BCE
539 BCE

34. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
544 BCE
29
490 BCE

35. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
192
410
600 BCE
458 BCE

36. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
465 BCE
722 BCE
280

37. Death of Gautama Buddha
550 BCE
331 BCE
483 BCE
c. 512 BCE

38. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
6 BCE
480 BCE
70
475 BCE

39. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
146 BCE
586 BCE
612 BCE
c. 512 BCE

40. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
475 BCE
460 BCE
146 BCE
753 BCE

41. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
c. 512 BCE
465 BCE
300 BCE
250 BCE

42. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
221 BCE
207 BCE
280
331 BCE

43. 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.
776 BCE
79
207 BCE
384 BCE

44. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
424 BCE
509 BCE
70
c. 455

45. Construction of the Parthenon
479 BCE
653 BCE
480 BCE
432 BCE

46. Murder of Xerxes
410
500 BCE
29
465 BCE

47. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
44 BCE
539 BCE
395
232 BCE

48. 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
202 BCE
508 BCE
551 BCE
660 BCE

49. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
c. 500 BCE
49 BCE
111 BCE
221 BCE

50. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
728 BCE
221 BCE
395