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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






3. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






4. Death of Socrates






5. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






6. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






7. 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.






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






9. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






10. Birth of Aristotle






11. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






13. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






14. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






15. 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.






16. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






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






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






20. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






21. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






22. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






23. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






24. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






25. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






26. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






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






35. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






36. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






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






38. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






40. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






41. Birth of Aristotle






42. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






50. 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.