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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






3. Democracy instituted atAthens






4. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






5. completion of Euclid's Elements






6. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






7. Rise of Persian Empire






8. Democracy instituted atAthens






9. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






10. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






11. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






12. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






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






14. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






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






16. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






17. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






18. completion of Euclid's Elements






19. Rise of Persian Empire






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






21. 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






22. Rise of the Median Empire






23. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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






25. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






26. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






28. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






29. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






30. Death of Socrates






31. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






33. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






34. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






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






36. 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






37. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






39. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.






40. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






41. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






43. Birth of Aristotle






44. Murder of Xerxes






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






46. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






47. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






48. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






49. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






50. Year of the four emperors in Rome.