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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Cyrus
313
529 BCE
326 BCE
550 BCE

2. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
490 BCE
313
331 BCE
509 BCE

3. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
221 BCE
146 BCE
c. 600 BCE
185 BCE

4. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
285
776 BCE
586 BCE

5. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
323 BCE
490 BCE
192
550 BCE

6. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
753 BCE
653 BCE
323 BCE

7. Defeat of Gordian III (238
432 BCE
202 BCE
238
479 BCE

8. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
185 BCE
44 BCE
c. 200 BCE
460 BCE

9. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
550 BCE
525 BCE
700 BCE

10. Defeat of Gordian III (238
776 BCE
722 BCE
238
192

11. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
728 BCE
326 BCE
313
79

12. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
480 BCE
200s
221 BCE

13. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
68
273 BCE
465 BCE
490 BCE

14. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
384 BCE
424 BCE
c. 200 BCE
460 BCE

15. Death of Socrates
509 BCE
226
29
399 BCE

16. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
313
460 BCE
378
6 BCE

17. Democracy instituted atAthens
776 BCE
4 BCE
508 BCE
305 BCE

18. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
185 BCE
653 BCE
700 BCE
460 BCE

19. 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.
257 BCE
776 BCE
728 BCE
410

20. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
221 BCE
722 BCE
300 BCE

21. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
424 BCE
335
483 BCE
508 BCE

22. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
49 BCE
68
c. 100 BCE
323 BCE

23. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
395
335
68
280

24. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
202 BCE
546 BCE
325
4 BCE

25. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
331 BCE
200s
4 BCE

26. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
44 BCE
429 BCE
460 BCE
111 BCE

27. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
776 BCE
207 BCE
220

28. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
722 BCE
475 BCE
326 BCE
200 BCE

29. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
146 BCE
207 BCE
728 BCE

30. 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
c. 600 BCE
476
185 BCE
207 BCE

31. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
326 BCE
600 BCE
325
c. 455

32. 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
753 BCE
230 BCE
563 BCE
500 BCE

33. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
551 BCE
600 BCE
200 BCE
207 BCE

34. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
c. 512 BCE
475 BCE
226
400 BCE

35. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
509 BCE
529 BCE
600 BCE
226

36. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
404 BCE
257 BCE
600 BCE

37. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
653 BCE
305 BCE
745 BCE
429 BCE

38. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
325
404 BCE
c. 455
4 BCE

39. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
200 BCE
321 BCE
221 BCE
550 BCE

40. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
313
335
326 BCE
753 BCE

41. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
776 BCE
546 BCE
508 BCE

42. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
776 BCE
384 BCE
111 BCE

43. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
429 BCE
550 BCE
476
49 BCE

44. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
323 BCE
250 BCE
483 BCE

45. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
509 BCE
331 BCE
354
9

46. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
546 BCE
335
c. 600 BCE

47. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
111 BCE
410
600 BCE
331 BCE

48. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
4 BCE
404 BCE
232 BCE
395

49. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
600 BCE
458 BCE
458 BCE
250 BCE

50. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
4 BCE
480 BCE
546 BCE
544 BCE