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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
4 BCE
70
c. 500 BCE
c. 512 BCE

2. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
4 BCE
551 BCE
745 BCE
508 BCE

3. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
4 BCE
480 BCE
c. 500 BCE
323 BCE

4. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
480 BCE
612 BCE
600 BCE
c. 455

5. Sunga Empire founded.
378
508 BCE
465 BCE
185 BCE

6. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
6 BCE
300 BCE
232 BCE
400 BCE

7. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
220
539 BCE
404 BCE
285

8. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
424 BCE
300 BCE
551 BCE
354

9. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
400 BCE
49 BCE
612 BCE
70

10. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
257 BCE
722 BCE
250 BCE
563 BCE

11. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
321 BCE
273 BCE
424 BCE
325

12. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
c. 455
728 BCE
653 BCE

13. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
4 BCE
551 BCE
660 BCE
c. 100 BCE

14. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
745 BCE
549 BCE
539 BCE

15. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
546 BCE
313
660 BCE
6 BCE

16. 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.
600 BCE
378
305 BCE
6 BCE

17. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
378
9
4 BCE
285

18. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
660 BCE
404 BCE
280
226

19. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
508 BCE
323 BCE
226
221 BCE

20. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
6 BCE
460 BCE
226
400 BCE

21. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
280
c. 512 BCE
500 BCE
460 BCE

22. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
424 BCE
490 BCE
207 BCE

23. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
257 BCE
c. 600 BCE
146 BCE
509 BCE

24. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
117
79
728 BCE
185 BCE

25. 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
14
c. 500 BCE
563 BCE
410

26. 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
200s
230 BCE
202 BCE
c. 200 BCE

27. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
404 BCE
207 BCE
29
745 BCE

28. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
200 BCE
200s
14
200s

29. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
539 BCE
111 BCE
300 BCE
544 BCE

30. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
111 BCE
230 BCE
550 BCE

31. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia
325
305 BCE
4 BCE
546 BCE

32. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
313
9
257 BCE
458 BCE

33. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
776 BCE
728 BCE
458 BCE
117

34. Death of Confucius
c. 500 BCE
432 BCE
483 BCE
479 BCE

35. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
378
600 BCE
285

36. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
529 BCE
221 BCE
c. 500 BCE

37. 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
429 BCE
192
226

38. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
79
544 BCE
525 BCE
221 BCE

39. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
79
753 BCE
326 BCE
475 BCE

40. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
202 BCE
c. 512 BCE
221 BCE

41. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
475 BCE
745 BCE
500 BCE
384 BCE

42. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
14
722 BCE
200 BCE

43. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
429 BCE
29
551 BCE
200 BCE

44. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
563 BCE
300 BCE
18 BCE
700 BCE

45. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
525 BCE
44 BCE
226
508 BCE

46. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
600 BCE
410
321 BCE
600 BCE

47. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
612 BCE
447 BCE
544 BCE
447 BCE

48. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
49 BCE
202 BCE
9
c. 200 BCE

49. Birth of Aristotle
68
384 BCE
776 BCE
c. 512 BCE

50. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
c. 512 BCE
c. 100 BCE
4 BCE
117