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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. completion of Euclid's Elements
300 BCE
460 BCE
c. 500 BCE
49 BCE
2. 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
6 BCE
586 BCE
384 BCE
3. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
79
232 BCE
221 BCE
c. 100 BCE
4. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
479 BCE
220
429 BCE
469 BCE
5. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
44 BCE
395
550 BCE
c. 455
6. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
404 BCE
776 BCE
660 BCE
325
7. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
612 BCE
70
273 BCE
68
8. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
9
508 BCE
549 BCE
4 BCE
9. Death of Confucius
14
465 BCE
220
479 BCE
10. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
c. 455
226
331 BCE
321 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.
539 BCE
192
776 BCE
476
12. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
660 BCE
70
546 BCE
326 BCE
13. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
200 BCE
c. 455
447 BCE
500 BCE
14. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
c. 600 BCE
447 BCE
4 BCE
15. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
202 BCE
600 BCE
728 BCE
232 BCE
16. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
c. 100 BCE
238
305 BCE
354
17. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
323 BCE
653 BCE
432 BCE
722 BCE
18. Birth of Socrates
728 BCE
700 BCE
500 BCE
469 BCE
19. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
549 BCE
600 BCE
586 BCE
480 BCE
20. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
285
429 BCE
c. 500 BCE
722 BCE
21. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
424 BCE
500 BCE
525 BCE
465 BCE
22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
335
508 BCE
c. 455
44 BCE
23. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
500 BCE
490 BCE
c. 455
238
24. Death of Socrates
539 BCE
399 BCE
509 BCE
18 BCE
25. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
9
600 BCE
331 BCE
26. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
700 BCE
14
500 BCE
331 BCE
27. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
500 BCE
221 BCE
325
475 BCE
28. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
6 BCE
4 BCE
207 BCE
539 BCE
29. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
546 BCE
563 BCE
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE
30. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
475 BCE
200s
232 BCE
49 BCE
31. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
395
404 BCE
79
c. 455
32. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
745 BCE
776 BCE
326 BCE
49 BCE
33. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
49 BCE
313
9
200 BCE
34. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
586 BCE
354
700 BCE
551 BCE
35. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
378
745 BCE
300 BCE
18 BCE
36. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
483 BCE
202 BCE
226
37. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
404 BCE
70
230 BCE
600 BCE
38. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
728 BCE
202 BCE
480 BCE
200 BCE
39. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
550 BCE
549 BCE
612 BCE
200 BCE
40. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
326 BCE
653 BCE
49 BCE
41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
185 BCE
753 BCE
549 BCE
202 BCE
42. 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
776 BCE
305 BCE
529 BCE
43. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
753 BCE
480 BCE
44 BCE
44. Romulus Augustus - last Western Roman Emperor is forced to abdicate by Odoacer - a chieftain of the Germanic Heruli; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno in Constantinople in return for the title of dux of Italy; most fr
476
483 BCE
404 BCE
722 BCE
45. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
400 BCE
546 BCE
323 BCE
46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
221 BCE
600 BCE
551 BCE
432 BCE
47. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
563 BCE
79
c. 455
c. 200 BCE
48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
305 BCE
9
238
546 BCE
49. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
653 BCE
111 BCE
230 BCE
410
50. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
539 BCE
280
480 BCE
612 BCE
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