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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






3. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






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






6. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






7. Death of Socrates






8. Rise of the Median Empire






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






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






11. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






12. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






14. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






16. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






17. Birth of Augustine of Hippo






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






22. Birth of Aristotle






23. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






24. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






26. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






27. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






29. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






30. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






31. Sunga Empire founded.






32. Rise of Persian Empire






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






34. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.






35. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






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






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






38. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






39. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






40. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






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






43. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






44. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






45. Death of Confucius






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






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






48. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






49. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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







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