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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






2. Murder of Xerxes






3. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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






5. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






7. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






9. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






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






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






12. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






13. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






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






15. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






16. Death of Socrates






17. completion of Euclid's Elements






18. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






20. 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.






21. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






22. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






23. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






24. 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






25. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






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






27. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






28. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






29. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






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






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






32. Death of Cyrus






33. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






34. Rise of the Median Empire






35. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






36. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






37. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






38. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






39. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






40. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






41. 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.






42. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






43. 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






44. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






45. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






46. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






47. Rise of Persian Empire






48. Murder of Xerxes






49. Birth of Aristotle






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