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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
232 BCE
404 BCE
410
544 BCE
2. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
410
458 BCE
202 BCE
280
3. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
508 BCE
c. 455
273 BCE
9
4. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
700 BCE
273 BCE
273 BCE
5. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
660 BCE
c. 512 BCE
745 BCE
257 BCE
6. 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.
509 BCE
776 BCE
586 BCE
400 BCE
7. Construction of the Parthenon
432 BCE
529 BCE
c. 455
508 BCE
8. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
325
326 BCE
539 BCE
9. completion of Euclid's Elements
111 BCE
354
c. 500 BCE
600 BCE
10. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
384 BCE
653 BCE
250 BCE
480 BCE
11. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
447 BCE
460 BCE
612 BCE
12. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
660 BCE
257 BCE
c. 512 BCE
44 BCE
13. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
325
273 BCE
49 BCE
4 BCE
14. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
44 BCE
c. 100 BCE
525 BCE
15. Death of Cyrus
200s
44 BCE
529 BCE
321 BCE
16. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
6 BCE
475 BCE
c. 455
586 BCE
17. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
354
273 BCE
476
313
18. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
326 BCE
280
18 BCE
400 BCE
19. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
6 BCE
480 BCE
753 BCE
404 BCE
20. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
395
226
44 BCE
21. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
226
331 BCE
9
500 BCE
22. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
232 BCE
c. 500 BCE
79
117
23. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
280
238
29
6 BCE
24. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
432 BCE
207 BCE
395
25. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
476
354
410
26. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
300 BCE
600 BCE
384 BCE
68
27. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
612 BCE
776 BCE
230 BCE
404 BCE
28. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
753 BCE
49 BCE
546 BCE
500 BCE
29. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
600 BCE
29
117
305 BCE
30. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
480 BCE
479 BCE
192
335
31. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
479 BCE
202 BCE
117
29
32. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
68
700 BCE
117
500 BCE
33. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
200 BCE
475 BCE
399 BCE
525 BCE
34. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
539 BCE
653 BCE
313
500 BCE
35. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
500 BCE
c. 200 BCE
111 BCE
232 BCE
36. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
700 BCE
612 BCE
549 BCE
469 BCE
37. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
18 BCE
250 BCE
c. 600 BCE
544 BCE
38. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
700 BCE
79
600 BCE
325
39. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
c. 455
250 BCE
18 BCE
776 BCE
40. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
549 BCE
551 BCE
44 BCE
476
41. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
c. 512 BCE
326 BCE
325
447 BCE
42. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
544 BCE
539 BCE
c. 600 BCE
43. Birth of Aristotle
410
384 BCE
300 BCE
490 BCE
44. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
49 BCE
c. 100 BCE
460 BCE
410
45. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia
c. 455
111 BCE
c. 600 BCE
395
46. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
400 BCE
544 BCE
232 BCE
47. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
525 BCE
323 BCE
146 BCE
745 BCE
48. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
257 BCE
146 BCE
354
612 BCE
49. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
500 BCE
18 BCE
273 BCE
335
50. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
226
4 BCE
476
529 BCE
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