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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
117
220
202 BCE
c. 600 BCE
2. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
14
479 BCE
745 BCE
326 BCE
3. 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.
429 BCE
221 BCE
200 BCE
399 BCE
4. 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
600 BCE
500 BCE
476
490 BCE
5. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
323 BCE
378
14
79
6. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
c. 200 BCE
539 BCE
544 BCE
146 BCE
7. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
c. 100 BCE
9
335
480 BCE
8. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
395
354
c. 600 BCE
200 BCE
9. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
44 BCE
586 BCE
544 BCE
586 BCE
10. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
200 BCE
257 BCE
257 BCE
447 BCE
11. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
410
660 BCE
460 BCE
111 BCE
12. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born
257 BCE
429 BCE
551 BCE
335
13. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
508 BCE
280
479 BCE
79
14. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
399 BCE
4 BCE
117
68
15. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
722 BCE
550 BCE
14
16. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
563 BCE
500 BCE
70
335
17. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
544 BCE
273 BCE
400 BCE
280
18. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
395
c. 100 BCE
500 BCE
550 BCE
19. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
c. 455
424 BCE
202 BCE
273 BCE
20. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
404 BCE
525 BCE
68
117
21. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
490 BCE
480 BCE
c. 600 BCE
550 BCE
22. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
551 BCE
475 BCE
550 BCE
586 BCE
23. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
500 BCE
285
500 BCE
546 BCE
24. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
465 BCE
230 BCE
354
600 BCE
25. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
458 BCE
479 BCE
378
257 BCE
26. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
490 BCE
331 BCE
207 BCE
238
27. Rise of the Median Empire
238
49 BCE
728 BCE
79
28. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
313
238
460 BCE
29. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
612 BCE
300 BCE
c. 200 BCE
117
30. Death of Confucius
508 BCE
c. 500 BCE
479 BCE
432 BCE
31. Democracy instituted atAthens
220
313
232 BCE
508 BCE
32. Birth of Socrates
331 BCE
273 BCE
469 BCE
753 BCE
33. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
469 BCE
722 BCE
378
230 BCE
34. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
300 BCE
c. 200 BCE
354
313
35. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
600 BCE
745 BCE
79
331 BCE
36. 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
586 BCE
250 BCE
480 BCE
37. Birth of Aristotle
469 BCE
384 BCE
476
331 BCE
38. Murder of Xerxes
753 BCE
500 BCE
325
465 BCE
39. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
230 BCE
232 BCE
192
c. 500 BCE
40. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
600 BCE
660 BCE
653 BCE
480 BCE
41. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
68
117
728 BCE
700 BCE
42. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
479 BCE
285
285
117
43. Death of Cyrus
586 BCE
529 BCE
745 BCE
321 BCE
44. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
483 BCE
202 BCE
458 BCE
404 BCE
45. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
586 BCE
549 BCE
68
46. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
c. 500 BCE
399 BCE
29
700 BCE
47. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
378
221 BCE
525 BCE
202 BCE
48. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
331 BCE
200 BCE
612 BCE
525 BCE
49. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
9
432 BCE
44 BCE
192
50. 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
185 BCE
563 BCE
539 BCE