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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
325
250 BCE
399 BCE

2. Defeat of Gordian III (238
458 BCE
202 BCE
429 BCE
238

3. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
226
c. 100 BCE
c. 500 BCE
529 BCE

4. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
326 BCE
18 BCE
185 BCE

5. Birth of Aristotle
c. 455
384 BCE
539 BCE
220

6. 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
563 BCE
321 BCE
612 BCE

7. Sunga Empire founded.
479 BCE
539 BCE
117
185 BCE

8. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
9
429 BCE
410

9. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
111 BCE
70
508 BCE
313

10. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
458 BCE
4 BCE
323 BCE
4 BCE

11. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
192
300 BCE
146 BCE
399 BCE

12. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
432 BCE
753 BCE
323 BCE
550 BCE

13. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
476
273 BCE
202 BCE
700 BCE

14. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
14
525 BCE
447 BCE
458 BCE

15. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
221 BCE
c. 455
185 BCE
238

16. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
49 BCE
447 BCE
323 BCE

17. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
563 BCE
117
79

18. 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
429 BCE
192
185 BCE
563 BCE

19. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
70
207 BCE
424 BCE
321 BCE

20. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
c. 455
9
111 BCE

21. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
331 BCE
14
458 BCE
313

22. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
202 BCE
429 BCE
700 BCE
220

23. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
280
68
500 BCE
c. 455

24. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
458 BCE
476
18 BCE

25. Rise of Persian Empire
447 BCE
653 BCE
550 BCE
432 BCE

26. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
202 BCE
458 BCE
c. 100 BCE
326 BCE

27. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
117
475 BCE
111 BCE
273 BCE

28. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
220
325
273 BCE
9

29. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
305 BCE
14
600 BCE
469 BCE

30. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
550 BCE
273 BCE
4 BCE
9

31. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
469 BCE
14
202 BCE
550 BCE

32. Murder of Xerxes
14
465 BCE
207 BCE
335

33. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
c. 455
539 BCE
753 BCE

34. 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
202 BCE
469 BCE
395
776 BCE

35. 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.
395
323 BCE
232 BCE
221 BCE

36. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
305 BCE
400 BCE
550 BCE
469 BCE

37. Death of Gautama Buddha
230 BCE
29
483 BCE
257 BCE

38. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
230 BCE
18 BCE
480 BCE

39. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
483 BCE
257 BCE
529 BCE

40. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
313
563 BCE
c. 512 BCE
460 BCE

41. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
469 BCE
429 BCE
475 BCE
447 BCE

42. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 200 BCE
221 BCE
c. 500 BCE
458 BCE

43. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
586 BCE
70
6 BCE
325

44. 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.
612 BCE
305 BCE
257 BCE
18 BCE

45. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
410
660 BCE
323 BCE
550 BCE

46. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
660 BCE
600 BCE
447 BCE

47. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
776 BCE
539 BCE
200 BCE
753 BCE

48. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
480 BCE
305 BCE
476

49. Death of Socrates
323 BCE
399 BCE
44 BCE
539 BCE

50. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
323 BCE
111 BCE
551 BCE
479 BCE