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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. 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.
305 BCE
331 BCE
700 BCE
539 BCE

2. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
111 BCE
70
549 BCE
221 BCE

3. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
285
500 BCE
508 BCE
728 BCE

4. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
546 BCE
c. 455
395
549 BCE

5. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
220
549 BCE
354
460 BCE

6. completion of Euclid's Elements
6 BCE
9
c. 500 BCE
202 BCE

7. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
600 BCE
c. 100 BCE
18 BCE
200s

8. Defeat of Gordian III (238
539 BCE
238
525 BCE
4 BCE

9. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
c. 200 BCE
326 BCE
207 BCE

10. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
257 BCE
460 BCE
323 BCE
447 BCE

11. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
465 BCE
111 BCE
200s

12. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
313
653 BCE
508 BCE

13. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
660 BCE
354
722 BCE

14. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
117
404 BCE
465 BCE
313

15. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
14
192
544 BCE
44 BCE

16. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
354
539 BCE
424 BCE
480 BCE

17. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
586 BCE
480 BCE
29
6 BCE

18. Rise of Persian Empire
653 BCE
529 BCE
79
273 BCE

19. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
479 BCE
146 BCE
4 BCE
480 BCE

20. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
465 BCE
111 BCE
722 BCE
525 BCE

21. Rise of the Median Empire
508 BCE
728 BCE
111 BCE
465 BCE

22. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
476
490 BCE
458 BCE
250 BCE

23. 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
500 BCE
563 BCE
612 BCE
549 BCE

24. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
600 BCE
325
18 BCE
539 BCE

25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
226
546 BCE
c. 200 BCE
458 BCE

26. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
612 BCE
c. 512 BCE
544 BCE
378

27. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
79
18 BCE
776 BCE

28. 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.
776 BCE
600 BCE
475 BCE
202 BCE

29. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
326 BCE
c. 600 BCE
722 BCE
331 BCE

30. Birth of Aristotle
476
753 BCE
335
384 BCE

31. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
475 BCE
313
146 BCE

32. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
600 BCE
586 BCE
79
202 BCE

33. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
111 BCE
586 BCE
202 BCE
79

34. Death of Cyrus
410
479 BCE
230 BCE
529 BCE

35. Sunga Empire founded.
202 BCE
185 BCE
325
432 BCE

36. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
475 BCE
200 BCE
49 BCE
378

37. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
500 BCE
c. 512 BCE
238
424 BCE

38. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
192
c. 512 BCE
300 BCE

39. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
480 BCE
257 BCE
549 BCE

40. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
323 BCE
458 BCE
325

41. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
465 BCE
354
508 BCE

42. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
500 BCE
29
745 BCE
378

43. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
612 BCE
18 BCE
700 BCE
404 BCE

44. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
490 BCE
586 BCE
563 BCE
323 BCE

45. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
612 BCE
335
354
465 BCE

46. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
447 BCE
285
4 BCE
221 BCE

47. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
490 BCE
192
480 BCE
49 BCE

48. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
285
460 BCE
400 BCE
745 BCE

49. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
509 BCE
326 BCE
29
4 BCE

50. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
469 BCE
321 BCE
378