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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






3. Sunga Empire founded.






4. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






5. 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






6. completion of Euclid's Elements






7. 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.






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






9. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






16. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






17. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






19. Death of Cyrus






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






21. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






22. Death of Confucius






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






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






25. Rise of Persian Empire






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






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






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






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






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






31. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






32. 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






33. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






34. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






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






37. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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






39. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






41. 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.






42. Sunga Empire founded.






43. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






44. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






46. Murder of Xerxes






47. Death of Socrates






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






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






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