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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
68
280
185 BCE
111 BCE

2. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
300 BCE
226
79
490 BCE

3. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
378
354
232 BCE
313

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

5. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
600 BCE
544 BCE
200s
660 BCE

6. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
273 BCE
354
480 BCE
146 BCE

7. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
331 BCE
18 BCE
458 BCE

8. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
323 BCE
424 BCE
776 BCE

9. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
c. 600 BCE
68
745 BCE
221 BCE

10. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
460 BCE
354
539 BCE
475 BCE

11. Birth of Socrates
469 BCE
544 BCE
586 BCE
331 BCE

12. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
550 BCE
146 BCE
404 BCE
544 BCE

13. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
600 BCE
325
226
238

14. Rise of Persian Empire
539 BCE
653 BCE
207 BCE
500 BCE

15. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
544 BCE
6 BCE
c. 455
700 BCE

16. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
384 BCE
600 BCE
250 BCE

17. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
6 BCE
c. 600 BCE
200s
458 BCE

18. 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.
586 BCE
500 BCE
325
305 BCE

19. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
6 BCE
776 BCE
6 BCE
14

20. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 600 BCE
c. 512 BCE
600 BCE
111 BCE

21. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
776 BCE
460 BCE
111 BCE
117

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.
117
660 BCE
221 BCE
776 BCE

23. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
539 BCE
700 BCE
475 BCE
424 BCE

24. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
600 BCE
49 BCE
9
612 BCE

25. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
432 BCE
475 BCE
331 BCE
232 BCE

26. 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
c. 600 BCE
400 BCE
525 BCE

27. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
509 BCE
480 BCE
410

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

29. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
479 BCE
117
29

30. Birth of Aristotle
384 BCE
399 BCE
300 BCE
221 BCE

31. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
550 BCE
509 BCE
722 BCE
483 BCE

32. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
399 BCE
483 BCE
29
14

33. Birth of Aristotle
400 BCE
395
207 BCE
384 BCE

34. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
9
321 BCE
546 BCE
200 BCE

35. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
745 BCE
313
18 BCE
c. 512 BCE

36. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
612 BCE
200s
546 BCE
c. 200 BCE

37. 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.
6 BCE
221 BCE
70
458 BCE

38. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
500 BCE
273 BCE
483 BCE
480 BCE

39. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
354
192
483 BCE
550 BCE

40. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
14
c. 600 BCE
273 BCE
200s

41. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
399 BCE
6 BCE
230 BCE
70

42. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
313
586 BCE
410

43. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
221 BCE
202 BCE
6 BCE
600 BCE

44. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
202 BCE
529 BCE
544 BCE
653 BCE

45. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
202 BCE
550 BCE
192

46. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
238
200s
429 BCE
745 BCE

47. 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
384 BCE
49 BCE
200 BCE
563 BCE

48. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
335
753 BCE
200 BCE
111 BCE

49. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
70
384 BCE
700 BCE

50. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
226
18 BCE
753 BCE
549 BCE