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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
313
399 BCE
404 BCE
475 BCE
2. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
313
326 BCE
432 BCE
544 BCE
3. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
500 BCE
18 BCE
230 BCE
395
4. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
335
285
410
5. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
18 BCE
220
285
483 BCE
6. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
305 BCE
500 BCE
321 BCE
395
7. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
c. 600 BCE
509 BCE
447 BCE
500 BCE
8. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
551 BCE
384 BCE
722 BCE
232 BCE
9. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
44 BCE
207 BCE
9
460 BCE
10. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
70
305 BCE
378
257 BCE
11. 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.
221 BCE
539 BCE
325
404 BCE
12. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
232 BCE
476
424 BCE
395
13. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
70
202 BCE
326 BCE
335
14. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
117
79
325
192
15. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
600 BCE
400 BCE
325
226
16. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
c. 200 BCE
475 BCE
c. 512 BCE
313
17. Death of Gautama Buddha
18 BCE
29
700 BCE
483 BCE
18. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
500 BCE
18 BCE
220
29
19. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
525 BCE
354
257 BCE
6 BCE
20. 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
410
202 BCE
146 BCE
586 BCE
21. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
c. 512 BCE
70
429 BCE
29
22. Rise of the Median Empire
479 BCE
18 BCE
728 BCE
202 BCE
23. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
480 BCE
280
550 BCE
14
24. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
479 BCE
200 BCE
700 BCE
586 BCE
25. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
539 BCE
325
323 BCE
26. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
226
753 BCE
410
429 BCE
27. Birth of Socrates
424 BCE
469 BCE
146 BCE
447 BCE
28. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
612 BCE
447 BCE
323 BCE
29. 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
476
753 BCE
c. 512 BCE
221 BCE
30. Construction of the Parthenon
600 BCE
185 BCE
432 BCE
508 BCE
31. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
384 BCE
325
395
612 BCE
32. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
c. 512 BCE
238
660 BCE
544 BCE
33. 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.
221 BCE
335
325
354
34. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
460 BCE
4 BCE
384 BCE
476
35. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
469 BCE
447 BCE
424 BCE
18 BCE
36. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
68
c. 500 BCE
544 BCE
200s
37. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
354
220
404 BCE
49 BCE
38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
146 BCE
331 BCE
325
39. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
200 BCE
230 BCE
465 BCE
250 BCE
40. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
4 BCE
285
745 BCE
68
41. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
c. 200 BCE
544 BCE
660 BCE
42. Death of Cyrus
475 BCE
544 BCE
395
529 BCE
43. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
722 BCE
c. 512 BCE
550 BCE
220
44. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
476
68
14
653 BCE
45. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
250 BCE
483 BCE
465 BCE
612 BCE
46. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
273 BCE
200s
285
202 BCE
47. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
79
479 BCE
612 BCE
257 BCE
48. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
9
479 BCE
539 BCE
509 BCE
49. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
546 BCE
202 BCE
600 BCE
429 BCE
50. Death of Socrates
192
399 BCE
776 BCE
500 BCE