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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






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






4. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






5. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






7. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






8. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






10. 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.






11. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






13. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






14. Rise of Persian Empire






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






16. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






17. Death of Confucius






18. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






19. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






20. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






21. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






22. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






23. 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.






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






25. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






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






28. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






29. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






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






31. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






32. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






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






35. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






37. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






38. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






39. Sunga Empire founded.






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






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






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






43. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






44. Rise of the Median Empire






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






46. 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






47. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






48. Death of Socrates






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






50. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire