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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Birth of Aristotle






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






3. 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






4. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






5. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






6. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






7. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






8. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






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






10. Defeat of Gordian III (238






11. Founding of Rome (traditional date)






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






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






14. Birth of Socrates






15. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






16. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






17. Death of Socrates






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






19. 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.






20. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






21. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






22. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






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






24. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






25. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






26. 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.






27. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






28. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






29. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






30. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






32. Rise of the Median Empire






33. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






34. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






35. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






36. Death of Socrates






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






38. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






39. Rise of Persian Empire






40. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






41. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






43. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






44. Murder of Xerxes






45. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






46. Death of Cyrus






47. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






48. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






49. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






50. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.