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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






2. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






3. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






4. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






5. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






6. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






7. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






8. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






10. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






11. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






12. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






14. Death of Gautama Buddha






15. 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






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






17. Sunga Empire founded.






18. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






19. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






20. 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






21. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






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






23. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






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






25. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






26. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






27. Democracy instituted atAthens






28. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






30. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






31. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






37. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






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






39. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






40. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






41. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






42. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






43. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






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






45. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






47. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






48. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






49. Birth of Socrates






50. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece