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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
525 BCE
18 BCE
325
544 BCE

2. Construction of the Parthenon
529 BCE
404 BCE
432 BCE
465 BCE

3. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
653 BCE
544 BCE
480 BCE
232 BCE

4. Rise of Persian Empire
49 BCE
653 BCE
202 BCE
207 BCE

5. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
200s
117
207 BCE
612 BCE

6. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
117
400 BCE
480 BCE
753 BCE

7. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
146 BCE
280
500 BCE
490 BCE

8. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
429 BCE
378
321 BCE
490 BCE

9. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
549 BCE
9
220
117

10. 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
653 BCE
c. 512 BCE
480 BCE
476

11. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
653 BCE
250 BCE
232 BCE
323 BCE

12. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
6 BCE
49 BCE
660 BCE
525 BCE

13. Death of Socrates
395
305 BCE
399 BCE
285

14. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
325
230 BCE
378
6 BCE

15. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
483 BCE
44 BCE
525 BCE
300 BCE

16. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
600 BCE
508 BCE
586 BCE

17. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
321 BCE
c. 100 BCE
250 BCE
525 BCE

18. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
c. 600 BCE
117
525 BCE
220

19. 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.
384 BCE
399 BCE
305 BCE
207 BCE

20. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
79
544 BCE
728 BCE
653 BCE

21. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
465 BCE
745 BCE
111 BCE
469 BCE

22. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
509 BCE
400 BCE
525 BCE
226

23. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
185 BCE
500 BCE
586 BCE
400 BCE

24. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
79
192
185 BCE
200s

25. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
653 BCE
490 BCE
399 BCE
500 BCE

26. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
273 BCE
550 BCE
612 BCE
79

27. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
480 BCE
546 BCE
549 BCE

28. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
200s
202 BCE
586 BCE
146 BCE

29. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
490 BCE
c. 512 BCE
238

30. Defeat of Gordian III (238
429 BCE
238
476
378

31. Death of Cyrus
660 BCE
529 BCE
490 BCE
4 BCE

32. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
273 BCE
551 BCE
200 BCE
424 BCE

33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
335
745 BCE
226
660 BCE

34. Birth of Socrates
539 BCE
551 BCE
469 BCE
117

35. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
146 BCE
476
550 BCE
226

36. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
200s
395
44 BCE
400 BCE

37. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
202 BCE
500 BCE
280
483 BCE

38. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
185 BCE
400 BCE
9

39. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
399 BCE
483 BCE
551 BCE

40. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
326 BCE
c. 100 BCE
226
509 BCE

41. completion of Euclid's Elements
285
546 BCE
c. 500 BCE
6 BCE

42. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
285
500 BCE
49 BCE
146 BCE

43. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
546 BCE
378
232 BCE
399 BCE

44. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
200 BCE
480 BCE
c. 200 BCE
653 BCE

45. Rise of the Median Empire
728 BCE
404 BCE
226
544 BCE

46. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
660 BCE
460 BCE
458 BCE
300 BCE

47. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
539 BCE
6 BCE
550 BCE
399 BCE

48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
238
563 BCE
395
9

49. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
325
745 BCE
465 BCE
226

50. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
700 BCE
c. 455
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