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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Gautama Buddha






2. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






3. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






4. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






6. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






7. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






8. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






9. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






11. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






12. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






13. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






14. 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.






15. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






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






17. 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.






18. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






19. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






20. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






21. 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






22. Death of Cyrus






23. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






24. 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.






25. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






26. Birth of Aristotle






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






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






29. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






30. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






32. Defeat of Gordian III (238






33. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






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






35. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






37. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






38. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne






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






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






41. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






42. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






43. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






44. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






45. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






46. 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






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






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






49. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






50. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.