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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






2. Death of Socrates






3. Birth of Aristotle






4. Death of Confucius






5. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela






6. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






7. Rise of Persian Empire






8. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






9. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






10. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






11. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






12. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






13. Death of Socrates






14. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






15. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






16. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






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






18. Rise of the Median Empire






19. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






20. Construction of the Parthenon






21. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






22. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






23. Qin Shi Huang unifies China - end of Warring States Period; marking the beginning of Imperial rule in China which lasts until 1912. Construction of the Great Wall by the Qin Dynasty begins.






24. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






25. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






26. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






27. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






28. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






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






30. Murder of Xerxes






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






32. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






33. 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






34. Death of Cyrus






35. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






37. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






40. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






41. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






42. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






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






45. 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.






46. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






48. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






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






50. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought