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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
469 BCE
432 BCE
432 BCE
146 BCE
2. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
18 BCE
399 BCE
c. 100 BCE
9
3. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
549 BCE
509 BCE
232 BCE
722 BCE
4. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
68
273 BCE
257 BCE
c. 100 BCE
5. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
29
192
483 BCE
753 BCE
6. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
479 BCE
220
280
238
7. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
207 BCE
400 BCE
c. 512 BCE
404 BCE
8. Construction of the Parthenon
202 BCE
525 BCE
432 BCE
722 BCE
9. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
404 BCE
192
432 BCE
10. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
4 BCE
404 BCE
508 BCE
11. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
c. 512 BCE
525 BCE
776 BCE
c. 500 BCE
12. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
232 BCE
200 BCE
776 BCE
395
13. Democracy instituted atAthens
399 BCE
c. 600 BCE
226
508 BCE
14. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
424 BCE
325
544 BCE
15. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
c. 200 BCE
18 BCE
432 BCE
465 BCE
16. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
728 BCE
476
378
17. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
546 BCE
257 BCE
207 BCE
465 BCE
18. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
207 BCE
546 BCE
44 BCE
753 BCE
19. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
c. 500 BCE
400 BCE
612 BCE
544 BCE
20. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
c. 600 BCE
490 BCE
6 BCE
653 BCE
21. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
400 BCE
70
475 BCE
728 BCE
22. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
549 BCE
776 BCE
49 BCE
469 BCE
23. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
410
146 BCE
285
476
24. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
728 BCE
300 BCE
660 BCE
192
25. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
313
544 BCE
c. 100 BCE
500 BCE
26. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
321 BCE
429 BCE
539 BCE
700 BCE
27. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
600 BCE
550 BCE
238
429 BCE
28. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
257 BCE
458 BCE
600 BCE
238
29. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
432 BCE
600 BCE
660 BCE
226
30. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
300 BCE
70
745 BCE
476
31. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
200 BCE
230 BCE
c. 455
32. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
326 BCE
285
280
313
33. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
49 BCE
400 BCE
226
34. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
331 BCE
192
c. 500 BCE
424 BCE
35. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
728 BCE
753 BCE
586 BCE
c. 455
36. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
469 BCE
111 BCE
257 BCE
c. 500 BCE
37. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
476
49 BCE
232 BCE
305 BCE
38. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
728 BCE
460 BCE
546 BCE
39. Construction of the Parthenon
539 BCE
432 BCE
70
586 BCE
40. 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.
331 BCE
395
305 BCE
447 BCE
41. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
490 BCE
200s
660 BCE
612 BCE
42. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
722 BCE
458 BCE
400 BCE
18 BCE
43. Sunga Empire founded.
c. 100 BCE
480 BCE
185 BCE
551 BCE
44. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
9
429 BCE
220
549 BCE
45. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
200s
29
14
479 BCE
46. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
331 BCE
544 BCE
465 BCE
326 BCE
47. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
384 BCE
700 BCE
323 BCE
48. 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.
29
221 BCE
660 BCE
146 BCE
49. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
700 BCE
c. 600 BCE
728 BCE
49 BCE
50. 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
226
200 BCE
500 BCE