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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






2. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






3. Sunga Empire founded.






4. Construction of the Parthenon






5. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






6. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






7. Death of Socrates






8. Death of Cyrus






9. Birth of Aristotle






10. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






11. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






12. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






13. Defeat of Gordian III (238






14. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






15. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






16. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






17. Death of Cyrus






18. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






19. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






20. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






21. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






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.






23. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






24. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






25. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






26. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






27. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






28. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






29. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






30. Democracy instituted atAthens






31. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






32. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






33. Birth of Aristotle






34. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






35. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






36. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






37. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






38. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






39. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






40. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






41. Rise of the Median Empire






42. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






43. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






44. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






45. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






46. Rise of Persian Empire






47. Murder of Xerxes






48. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






49. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






50. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.







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