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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






3. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






4. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






5. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






6. Construction of the Parthenon






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






8. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






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






10. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






11. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






12. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






13. Sunga Empire founded.






14. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






24. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






25. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






27. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






28. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






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






30. Birth of Aristotle






31. 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.






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






33. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






34. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






35. Birth of Socrates






36. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






38. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






39. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






40. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






41. 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






42. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






44. Death of Cyrus






45. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






47. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






48. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






50. Death of Confucius







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