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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
458 BCE
305 BCE
117
44 BCE

2. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
404 BCE
722 BCE
335
c. 500 BCE

3. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
c. 200 BCE
753 BCE
117
660 BCE

4. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
483 BCE
c. 455
544 BCE
6 BCE

5. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
384 BCE
257 BCE
305 BCE
6 BCE

6. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
6 BCE
44 BCE
479 BCE
285

7. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
653 BCE
399 BCE
79
c. 512 BCE

8. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
586 BCE
612 BCE
424 BCE

9. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
207 BCE
326 BCE
232 BCE
600 BCE

10. 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
257 BCE
321 BCE
232 BCE
563 BCE

11. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
c. 100 BCE
226
550 BCE
546 BCE

12. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
14
525 BCE
354
700 BCE

13. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
44 BCE
6 BCE
525 BCE
600 BCE

14. Construction of the Parthenon
378
432 BCE
c. 455
660 BCE

15. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
326 BCE
323 BCE
550 BCE
6 BCE

16. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
257 BCE
753 BCE
14
c. 100 BCE

17. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
79
325
480 BCE

18. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
111 BCE
326 BCE
226
460 BCE

19. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
653 BCE
612 BCE
500 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.
447 BCE
44 BCE
776 BCE
500 BCE

21. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
117
c. 512 BCE
70

22. Birth of Aristotle
563 BCE
202 BCE
384 BCE
700 BCE

23. Death of Socrates
469 BCE
399 BCE
378
232 BCE

24. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
202 BCE
305 BCE
232 BCE

25. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
202 BCE
384 BCE
480 BCE
395

26. completion of Euclid's Elements
544 BCE
226
c. 500 BCE
399 BCE

27. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
325
653 BCE
14

28. Death of Confucius
c. 100 BCE
483 BCE
49 BCE
479 BCE

29. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
68
c. 500 BCE
586 BCE

30. Murder of Xerxes
c. 512 BCE
18 BCE
384 BCE
465 BCE

31. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
549 BCE
202 BCE
300 BCE
745 BCE

32. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
480 BCE
653 BCE
458 BCE

33. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
586 BCE
29
525 BCE
300 BCE

34. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
44 BCE
544 BCE
29
313

35. 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.
586 BCE
9
400 BCE
776 BCE

36. 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.
469 BCE
483 BCE
305 BCE
146 BCE

37. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
354
280
424 BCE
49 BCE

38. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 600 BCE
207 BCE
250 BCE
586 BCE

39. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
432 BCE
546 BCE
722 BCE

40. Death of Gautama Buddha
68
323 BCE
483 BCE
300 BCE

41. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
745 BCE
c. 600 BCE
202 BCE
273 BCE

42. Murder of Xerxes
221 BCE
326 BCE
465 BCE
612 BCE

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
612 BCE
79
549 BCE
476

44. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
c. 600 BCE
549 BCE
323 BCE

45. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
273 BCE
9
384 BCE
551 BCE

46. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
722 BCE
500 BCE
331 BCE
232 BCE

47. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
221 BCE
722 BCE
660 BCE
653 BCE

48. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
395
563 BCE
221 BCE
79

49. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
479 BCE
c. 600 BCE
202 BCE
529 BCE

50. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
313
550 BCE
458 BCE
192