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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






2. Death of Socrates






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. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






6. Death of Cyrus






7. 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






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






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






10. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






12. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






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






14. Death of Confucius






15. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






16. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






18. Democracy instituted atAthens






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






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






21. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






22. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






23. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






24. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great






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






26. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






27. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






28. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






29. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






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






31. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






32. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






33. Birth of Aristotle






34. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






35. Rise of Persian Empire






36. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






37. Sunga Empire founded.






38. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






39. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






40. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






41. Construction of the Parthenon






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






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






47. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






48. Death of Socrates






49. 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






50. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)







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