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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Birth of Socrates
432 BCE
202 BCE
111 BCE
469 BCE

2. Death of Gautama Buddha
68
460 BCE
305 BCE
483 BCE

3. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
300 BCE
586 BCE
146 BCE
410

4. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
202 BCE
546 BCE
18 BCE
331 BCE

5. Construction of the Parthenon
549 BCE
728 BCE
313
432 BCE

6. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
200 BCE
404 BCE
331 BCE
273 BCE

7. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
111 BCE
458 BCE
146 BCE
525 BCE

8. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
238
326 BCE
544 BCE
300 BCE

9. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
200 BCE
546 BCE
612 BCE

10. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
509 BCE
200 BCE
546 BCE
207 BCE

11. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
563 BCE
509 BCE
549 BCE

12. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
325
313
207 BCE
200 BCE

13. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
378
354
722 BCE
29

14. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
378
c. 512 BCE
546 BCE
551 BCE

15. 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
563 BCE
117
323 BCE
653 BCE

16. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
44 BCE
325
660 BCE
6 BCE

17. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
745 BCE
458 BCE
c. 600 BCE
544 BCE

18. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
395
728 BCE
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE

19. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
551 BCE
509 BCE
117
111 BCE

20. 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.
728 BCE
305 BCE
660 BCE
776 BCE

21. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
551 BCE
525 BCE
460 BCE
273 BCE

22. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
6 BCE
c. 455
c. 100 BCE
500 BCE

23. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
c. 455
70
49 BCE
331 BCE

24. Rise of Persian Empire
49 BCE
6 BCE
500 BCE
653 BCE

25. Rise of the Median Empire
354
117
728 BCE
612 BCE

26. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
395
331 BCE
722 BCE
111 BCE

27. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
429 BCE
117
117
321 BCE

28. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
c. 512 BCE
458 BCE
68

29. Death of Socrates
146 BCE
399 BCE
653 BCE
525 BCE

30. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
728 BCE
476
4 BCE
404 BCE

31. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
500 BCE
722 BCE
220
220

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
509 BCE
285
220
563 BCE

33. Defeat of Gordian III (238
600 BCE
18 BCE
238
79

34. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
313
18 BCE
49 BCE
18 BCE

35. Murder of Xerxes
321 BCE
230 BCE
c. 512 BCE
465 BCE

36. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
68
475 BCE
49 BCE

37. Murder of Xerxes
325
68
465 BCE
447 BCE

38. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
326 BCE
728 BCE
508 BCE

39. completion of Euclid's Elements
185 BCE
c. 500 BCE
331 BCE
250 BCE

40. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
551 BCE
6 BCE
469 BCE

41. 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
384 BCE
202 BCE
200s
313

42. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
14
221 BCE
c. 512 BCE

43. Death of Confucius
410
202 BCE
479 BCE
331 BCE

44. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 512 BCE
612 BCE
202 BCE
469 BCE

45. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
9
447 BCE
458 BCE
280

46. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
18 BCE
325
335
192

47. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
325
476
563 BCE

48. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
432 BCE
546 BCE
490 BCE
230 BCE

49. 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
458 BCE
207 BCE
476
600 BCE

50. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
200s
551 BCE
525 BCE
612 BCE