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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
600 BCE
202 BCE
479 BCE

2. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
753 BCE
238
200s
335

3. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
230 BCE
525 BCE
c. 500 BCE
9

4. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
c. 500 BCE
257 BCE
300 BCE

5. 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.
447 BCE
305 BCE
551 BCE
220

6. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
14
70
111 BCE
117

7. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
68
549 BCE
273 BCE
432 BCE

8. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
207 BCE
68
400 BCE
226

9. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
460 BCE
653 BCE
378
230 BCE

10. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
146 BCE
207 BCE
753 BCE

11. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
525 BCE
280
544 BCE
117

12. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
220
563 BCE
c. 500 BCE
410

13. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
745 BCE
221 BCE
331 BCE
49 BCE

14. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
447 BCE
432 BCE
146 BCE
458 BCE

15. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
285
29
146 BCE

16. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
111 BCE
4 BCE
49 BCE
250 BCE

17. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
285
c. 455
c. 600 BCE
29

18. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
500 BCE
447 BCE
200 BCE
9

19. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
500 BCE
230 BCE
111 BCE
335

20. 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.
221 BCE
232 BCE
404 BCE
111 BCE

21. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
c. 512 BCE
480 BCE
192
700 BCE

22. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
483 BCE
460 BCE
508 BCE
612 BCE

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

24. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
384 BCE
29
458 BCE

25. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
202 BCE
257 BCE
469 BCE
79

26. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
326 BCE
313
29
325

27. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
479 BCE
c. 200 BCE
404 BCE
c. 100 BCE

28. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
c. 200 BCE
331 BCE
280

29. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
18 BCE
549 BCE
146 BCE
424 BCE

30. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
18 BCE
476
653 BCE

31. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
399 BCE
325
404 BCE
326 BCE

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

33. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
410
300 BCE
600 BCE
404 BCE

34. Birth of Aristotle
200s
475 BCE
384 BCE
458 BCE

35. Death of Gautama Buddha
551 BCE
410
483 BCE
660 BCE

36. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
508 BCE
429 BCE
432 BCE
111 BCE

37. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya tribe - which ruled parts of Magadha - one of the Maha Janapadas
146 BCE
563 BCE
250 BCE
117

38. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
399 BCE
753 BCE
479 BCE
6 BCE

39. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
404 BCE
207 BCE
475 BCE
429 BCE

40. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
508 BCE
410
447 BCE
257 BCE

41. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
202 BCE
220
117

42. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
563 BCE
207 BCE
546 BCE
447 BCE

43. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
c. 455
500 BCE
354
395

44. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
325
525 BCE
280
399 BCE

45. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
202 BCE
29
c. 100 BCE
465 BCE

46. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
313
551 BCE
238

47. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
192
232 BCE
460 BCE
700 BCE

48. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
220
378
280
490 BCE

49. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
68
546 BCE
745 BCE

50. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
465 BCE
c. 100 BCE
146 BCE