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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Birth of Socrates
335
c. 200 BCE
469 BCE
49 BCE

2. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
612 BCE
525 BCE
490 BCE
399 BCE

3. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
354
551 BCE
185 BCE
c. 200 BCE

4. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
146 BCE
326 BCE
508 BCE

5. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
c. 455
6 BCE
480 BCE
230 BCE

6. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
226
c. 600 BCE
399 BCE

7. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
653 BCE
399 BCE
586 BCE
221 BCE

8. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
500 BCE
4 BCE
460 BCE
529 BCE

9. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
500 BCE
202 BCE
551 BCE
313

10. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
146 BCE
475 BCE
525 BCE

11. 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.
508 BCE
200s
6 BCE
776 BCE

12. Construction of the Parthenon
200 BCE
432 BCE
539 BCE
424 BCE

13. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
146 BCE
728 BCE
146 BCE
230 BCE

14. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
544 BCE
399 BCE
722 BCE
c. 200 BCE

15. Death of Socrates
404 BCE
475 BCE
399 BCE
500 BCE

16. 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
529 BCE
202 BCE
111 BCE
44 BCE

17. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
424 BCE
550 BCE
508 BCE
335

18. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
399 BCE
479 BCE
230 BCE

19. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
483 BCE
550 BCE
146 BCE

20. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
146 BCE
300 BCE
70
549 BCE

21. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
c. 455
550 BCE
250 BCE
18 BCE

22. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
483 BCE
404 BCE
660 BCE

23. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
490 BCE
273 BCE
400 BCE
331 BCE

24. Murder of Xerxes
384 BCE
476
200 BCE
465 BCE

25. Death of Gautama Buddha
550 BCE
753 BCE
475 BCE
483 BCE

26. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
200 BCE
753 BCE
399 BCE
232 BCE

27. Sunga Empire founded.
475 BCE
185 BCE
146 BCE
335

28. Death of Cyrus
424 BCE
529 BCE
722 BCE
321 BCE

29. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
111 BCE
c. 200 BCE
509 BCE
354

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.
305 BCE
509 BCE
500 BCE
653 BCE

31. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
586 BCE
550 BCE
14

32. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
c. 512 BCE
c. 200 BCE
546 BCE
551 BCE

33. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
226
325
44 BCE

34. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
232 BCE
200 BCE
458 BCE
586 BCE

35. Rise of Persian Empire
185 BCE
410
728 BCE
653 BCE

36. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
500 BCE
326 BCE
745 BCE
192

37. Death of Confucius
331 BCE
479 BCE
410
483 BCE

38. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
220
475 BCE
c. 512 BCE

39. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
68
202 BCE
410
384 BCE

40. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
273 BCE
230 BCE
49 BCE
483 BCE

41. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
465 BCE
14
331 BCE
c. 500 BCE

42. 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
226
563 BCE
117
323 BCE

43. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
c. 100 BCE
728 BCE
722 BCE
200 BCE

44. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
230 BCE
410
18 BCE
469 BCE

45. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
544 BCE
476
600 BCE
653 BCE

46. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
539 BCE
c. 455
475 BCE
117

47. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
600 BCE
c. 600 BCE
753 BCE

48. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
14
529 BCE
44 BCE
207 BCE

49. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
429 BCE
207 BCE
18 BCE
326 BCE

50. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
480 BCE
c. 500 BCE
509 BCE
305 BCE