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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
525 BCE
323 BCE
221 BCE
776 BCE

2. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
465 BCE
c. 512 BCE
185 BCE
68

3. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon
14
460 BCE
6 BCE
490 BCE

4. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
432 BCE
29
600 BCE
378

5. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
384 BCE
321 BCE
549 BCE
285

6. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
544 BCE
c. 455
728 BCE
490 BCE

7. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
475 BCE
460 BCE
6 BCE
722 BCE

8. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
544 BCE
500 BCE
600 BCE
79

9. 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
600 BCE
550 BCE
326 BCE

10. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
653 BCE
469 BCE
400 BCE
458 BCE

11. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
29
18 BCE
400 BCE
546 BCE

12. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
280
232 BCE
509 BCE
600 BCE

13. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
335
18 BCE
68
29

14. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
18 BCE
700 BCE
326 BCE
146 BCE

15. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
395
722 BCE
700 BCE

16. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
424 BCE
399 BCE
460 BCE

17. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
18 BCE
722 BCE
479 BCE
207 BCE

18. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
400 BCE
111 BCE
404 BCE
285

19. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
200 BCE
29
483 BCE
c. 100 BCE

20. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
429 BCE
c. 500 BCE
660 BCE
220

21. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
539 BCE
70
586 BCE
313

22. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
509 BCE
753 BCE
490 BCE
447 BCE

23. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
c. 500 BCE
200s
458 BCE
424 BCE

24. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
550 BCE
395
612 BCE
111 BCE

25. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
600 BCE
305 BCE
49 BCE
44 BCE

26. 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
250 BCE
563 BCE
404 BCE
c. 200 BCE

27. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
722 BCE
257 BCE
192
745 BCE

28. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
384 BCE
550 BCE
200 BCE

29. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
447 BCE
460 BCE
18 BCE
429 BCE

30. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
68
4 BCE
221 BCE

31. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
400 BCE
146 BCE
202 BCE

32. Construction of the Parthenon
117
226
432 BCE
29

33. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
549 BCE
354
546 BCE
4 BCE

34. Birth of Socrates
384 BCE
399 BCE
469 BCE
335

35. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
29
44 BCE
700 BCE
70

36. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
722 BCE
600 BCE
508 BCE

37. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
c. 455
429 BCE
c. 600 BCE
475 BCE

38. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
202 BCE
326 BCE
600 BCE
424 BCE

39. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
458 BCE
410
399 BCE
117

40. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
563 BCE
c. 455
378
6 BCE

41. 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
476
500 BCE
546 BCE
c. 200 BCE

42. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
653 BCE
404 BCE
465 BCE
465 BCE

43. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
480 BCE
745 BCE
68
250 BCE

44. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
410
539 BCE
722 BCE
326 BCE

45. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
653 BCE
722 BCE
460 BCE

46. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
700 BCE
546 BCE
384 BCE
335

47. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
753 BCE
546 BCE
600 BCE
c. 100 BCE

48. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
432 BCE
c. 600 BCE
185 BCE
226

49. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
192
232 BCE
9
202 BCE

50. completion of Euclid's Elements
202 BCE
c. 500 BCE
220
508 BCE