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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
79
500 BCE
200 BCE
257 BCE

2. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
238
509 BCE
68
546 BCE

3. 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.
221 BCE
c. 100 BCE
776 BCE
508 BCE

4. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
410
305 BCE
529 BCE
323 BCE

5. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
551 BCE
447 BCE
500 BCE
9

6. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
221 BCE
220
111 BCE
331 BCE

7. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
563 BCE
525 BCE
509 BCE

8. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
378
612 BCE
475 BCE

9. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
410
600 BCE
424 BCE
273 BCE

10. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
250 BCE
600 BCE
465 BCE
378

11. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
378
250 BCE
700 BCE
c. 455

12. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
49 BCE
c. 600 BCE
300 BCE

13. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
331 BCE
29
432 BCE
117

14. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
500 BCE
49 BCE
660 BCE
c. 100 BCE

15. Death of Socrates
563 BCE
469 BCE
399 BCE
202 BCE

16. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
612 BCE
321 BCE
700 BCE
321 BCE

17. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
c. 512 BCE
250 BCE
490 BCE
226

18. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
753 BCE
465 BCE
432 BCE
551 BCE

19. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
546 BCE
257 BCE
400 BCE

20. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
18 BCE
354
544 BCE
753 BCE

21. 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
384 BCE
192
202 BCE
321 BCE

22. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
c. 512 BCE
475 BCE
49 BCE
220

23. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
117
323 BCE
230 BCE
508 BCE

24. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
600 BCE
660 BCE
285
549 BCE

25. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
586 BCE
429 BCE
c. 200 BCE
c. 512 BCE

26. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
399 BCE
14
325

27. Defeat of Gordian III (238
550 BCE
612 BCE
546 BCE
238

28. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
395
192
285
378

29. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
313
586 BCE
745 BCE
395

30. 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.
146 BCE
305 BCE
79
460 BCE

31. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
200s
480 BCE
49 BCE
c. 200 BCE

32. Democracy instituted atAthens
424 BCE
509 BCE
c. 600 BCE
508 BCE

33. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
722 BCE
111 BCE
475 BCE

34. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
111 BCE
551 BCE
14
70

35. Murder of Xerxes
202 BCE
70
465 BCE
458 BCE

36. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
285
14
300 BCE
6 BCE

37. Death of Cyrus
c. 455
722 BCE
529 BCE
c. 500 BCE

38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
586 BCE
207 BCE
226

39. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
660 BCE
300 BCE
490 BCE
400 BCE

40. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
202 BCE
202 BCE
c. 200 BCE
460 BCE

41. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
551 BCE
202 BCE
305 BCE

42. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
399 BCE
230 BCE
544 BCE
6 BCE

43. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
331 BCE
68
549 BCE
612 BCE

44. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
404 BCE
465 BCE
476
c. 455

45. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
c. 200 BCE
44 BCE
273 BCE
200 BCE

46. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
192
280
529 BCE
79

47. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
551 BCE
49 BCE
384 BCE
447 BCE

48. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
549 BCE
18 BCE
354
202 BCE

49. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
202 BCE
146 BCE
395
509 BCE

50. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
490 BCE
117
79
70