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Classical Antiquity Timeline
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1. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
200 BCE
c. 200 BCE
6 BCE
479 BCE
2. 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.
202 BCE
18 BCE
226
305 BCE
3. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
465 BCE
460 BCE
c. 600 BCE
c. 100 BCE
4. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
280
9
285
335
5. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians
399 BCE
331 BCE
465 BCE
586 BCE
6. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
6 BCE
776 BCE
539 BCE
600 BCE
7. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
44 BCE
230 BCE
200 BCE
70
8. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
745 BCE
238
480 BCE
79
9. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
354
509 BCE
539 BCE
c. 512 BCE
10. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
480 BCE
207 BCE
200 BCE
323 BCE
11. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
200 BCE
192
14
220
12. 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.
776 BCE
483 BCE
305 BCE
529 BCE
13. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
753 BCE
475 BCE
6 BCE
326 BCE
14. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
549 BCE
460 BCE
326 BCE
700 BCE
15. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
525 BCE
313
207 BCE
460 BCE
16. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
285
325
490 BCE
232 BCE
17. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
4 BCE
544 BCE
429 BCE
220
18. Rise of the Median Empire
458 BCE
728 BCE
230 BCE
14
19. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
546 BCE
273 BCE
424 BCE
232 BCE
20. 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
202 BCE
546 BCE
117
563 BCE
21. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
185 BCE
280
79
313
22. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
745 BCE
9
280
200 BCE
23. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
753 BCE
220
480 BCE
479 BCE
24. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
250 BCE
c. 100 BCE
18 BCE
460 BCE
25. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
9
460 BCE
378
354
26. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
447 BCE
586 BCE
525 BCE
458 BCE
27. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
313
432 BCE
305 BCE
230 BCE
28. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
539 BCE
68
232 BCE
490 BCE
29. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
230 BCE
354
146 BCE
30. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
202 BCE
600 BCE
378
400 BCE
31. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
49 BCE
29
44 BCE
544 BCE
32. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
700 BCE
200s
9
331 BCE
33. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
326 BCE
475 BCE
117
525 BCE
34. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
226
776 BCE
508 BCE
35. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
68
280
395
232 BCE
36. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
563 BCE
305 BCE
378
500 BCE
37. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
68
321 BCE
469 BCE
612 BCE
38. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
c. 200 BCE
509 BCE
305 BCE
549 BCE
39. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
232 BCE
325
323 BCE
226
40. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
458 BCE
232 BCE
192
480 BCE
41. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.
220
429 BCE
280
325
42. Death of Gautama Buddha
483 BCE
29
508 BCE
549 BCE
43. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
226
529 BCE
404 BCE
192
44. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
429 BCE
70
400 BCE
508 BCE
45. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.
321 BCE
475 BCE
476
326 BCE
46. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
479 BCE
c. 455
313
354
47. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
447 BCE
550 BCE
460 BCE
395
48. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
384 BCE
18 BCE
458 BCE
447 BCE
49. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
612 BCE
549 BCE
525 BCE
300 BCE
50. completion of Euclid's Elements
469 BCE
49 BCE
323 BCE
c. 500 BCE