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1. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






2. Death of Socrates






3. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






4. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






5. Construction of the Parthenon






6. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






7. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






8. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






9. Sunga Empire founded.






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






11. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






12. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






13. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






14. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






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






17. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






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






19. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






21. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Death of Cyrus






27. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






29. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






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






32. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






34. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






36. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






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






39. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






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






42. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






44. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






45. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






47. 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.






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






49. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






50. Death of Gautama Buddha







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