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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
476
313
4 BCE
305 BCE
2. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
44 BCE
313
323 BCE
202 BCE
3. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
14
544 BCE
250 BCE
728 BCE
4. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
404 BCE
660 BCE
490 BCE
5. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
465 BCE
c. 600 BCE
509 BCE
273 BCE
6. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
207 BCE
14
600 BCE
500 BCE
7. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
600 BCE
226
384 BCE
232 BCE
8. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
539 BCE
458 BCE
586 BCE
111 BCE
9. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
9
18 BCE
700 BCE
10. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
544 BCE
305 BCE
384 BCE
79
11. 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.
c. 600 BCE
722 BCE
285
776 BCE
12. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
321 BCE
395
29
300 BCE
13. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
305 BCE
200s
728 BCE
14. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
323 BCE
458 BCE
192
202 BCE
15. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
335
44 BCE
539 BCE
313
16. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
395
280
410
226
17. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
410
776 BCE
200 BCE
250 BCE
18. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
c. 500 BCE
410
399 BCE
c. 512 BCE
19. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
399 BCE
476
232 BCE
323 BCE
20. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
354
400 BCE
653 BCE
200s
21. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
700 BCE
753 BCE
18 BCE
22. 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.
c. 100 BCE
600 BCE
221 BCE
14
23. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
200s
325
221 BCE
469 BCE
24. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
776 BCE
525 BCE
68
479 BCE
25. 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
323 BCE
551 BCE
202 BCE
550 BCE
26. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
384 BCE
653 BCE
550 BCE
27. Democracy instituted atAthens
776 BCE
508 BCE
509 BCE
313
28. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 500 BCE
745 BCE
c. 512 BCE
230 BCE
29. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
230 BCE
700 BCE
399 BCE
111 BCE
30. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
479 BCE
321 BCE
539 BCE
185 BCE
31. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
549 BCE
c. 100 BCE
722 BCE
32. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
600 BCE
335
728 BCE
33. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
539 BCE
544 BCE
285
29
34. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
745 BCE
c. 512 BCE
326 BCE
410
35. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
653 BCE
509 BCE
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE
36. Sunga Empire founded.
226
185 BCE
354
200s
37. Rise of the Median Empire
500 BCE
728 BCE
273 BCE
546 BCE
38. Birth of Socrates
226
460 BCE
469 BCE
483 BCE
39. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
586 BCE
469 BCE
776 BCE
68
40. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
475 BCE
202 BCE
c. 200 BCE
146 BCE
41. Defeat of Gordian III (238
460 BCE
14
221 BCE
238
42. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
490 BCE
250 BCE
273 BCE
43. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
529 BCE
509 BCE
563 BCE
18 BCE
44. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
728 BCE
469 BCE
525 BCE
500 BCE
45. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
200 BCE
404 BCE
475 BCE
509 BCE
46. 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
546 BCE
551 BCE
18 BCE
476
47. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
44 BCE
424 BCE
500 BCE
475 BCE
48. Death of Gautama Buddha
49 BCE
550 BCE
483 BCE
469 BCE
49. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
722 BCE
117
9
395
50. 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.
321 BCE
447 BCE
776 BCE
313