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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
18 BCE
323 BCE
429 BCE
700 BCE

2. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
483 BCE
79
480 BCE
313

3. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
500 BCE
323 BCE
49 BCE
146 BCE

4. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
722 BCE
79
44 BCE
480 BCE

5. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
660 BCE
273 BCE
202 BCE
551 BCE

6. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
600 BCE
49 BCE
700 BCE
546 BCE

7. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
432 BCE
539 BCE
728 BCE

8. Democracy instituted atAthens
476
200s
200 BCE
508 BCE

9. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
9
500 BCE
660 BCE
c. 600 BCE

10. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
399 BCE
490 BCE
465 BCE

11. Birth of Socrates
202 BCE
469 BCE
79
14

12. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
539 BCE
49 BCE
400 BCE

13. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
146 BCE
70
226
500 BCE

14. Construction of the Parthenon
586 BCE
432 BCE
c. 455
612 BCE

15. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
323 BCE
354
49 BCE
700 BCE

16. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
429 BCE
323 BCE
700 BCE

17. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
326 BCE
321 BCE
192
509 BCE

18. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
9
424 BCE
146 BCE
432 BCE

19. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
325
335
220
410

20. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
146 BCE
111 BCE
378
305 BCE

21. Sunga Empire founded.
c. 512 BCE
111 BCE
c. 600 BCE
185 BCE

22. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
469 BCE
29
728 BCE
475 BCE

23. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
c. 500 BCE
546 BCE
192
429 BCE

24. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
410
400 BCE
226
549 BCE

25. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
285
9
313
c. 512 BCE

26. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
68
600 BCE
250 BCE
14

27. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
285
612 BCE
480 BCE
18 BCE

28. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
c. 512 BCE
722 BCE
146 BCE
273 BCE

29. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
490 BCE
14
460 BCE

30. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
200s
68
745 BCE
325

31. 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
44 BCE
202 BCE
500 BCE
200 BCE

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
563 BCE
586 BCE
273 BCE
207 BCE

33. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
429 BCE
230 BCE
660 BCE
331 BCE

34. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
c. 200 BCE
378
273 BCE
460 BCE

35. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
221 BCE
600 BCE
429 BCE
400 BCE

36. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
300 BCE
238
600 BCE
18 BCE

37. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
300 BCE
490 BCE
722 BCE
220

38. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
238
429 BCE
483 BCE
404 BCE

39. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
202 BCE
410
221 BCE
600 BCE

40. Death of Confucius
49 BCE
326 BCE
479 BCE
509 BCE

41. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
117
321 BCE
776 BCE
250 BCE

42. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
432 BCE
509 BCE
700 BCE

43. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
490 BCE
207 BCE
500 BCE
529 BCE

44. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 100 BCE
321 BCE
c. 600 BCE
776 BCE

45. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
4 BCE
257 BCE
146 BCE

46. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
753 BCE
325
563 BCE
500 BCE

47. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
480 BCE
745 BCE
325
331 BCE

48. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
c. 100 BCE
111 BCE
29
29

49. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
480 BCE
600 BCE
410
447 BCE

50. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
404 BCE
238
460 BCE