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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






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. 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.






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






10. Murder of Xerxes






11. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






13. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






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






15. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






17. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico






18. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






19. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






20. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






21. Birth of Aristotle






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






23. Construction of the Parthenon






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






25. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






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






28. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






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






30. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






31. 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






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






33. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






35. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






36. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






37. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton






38. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.






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






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






41. Construction of the Parthenon






42. 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






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






44. Death of Cyrus






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






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






47. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






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






49. Sunga Empire founded.






50. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.