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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
500 BCE
525 BCE
192
68

2. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
207 BCE
49 BCE
68
326 BCE

3. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
447 BCE
500 BCE
410
475 BCE

4. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
469 BCE
313
722 BCE

5. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
44 BCE
480 BCE
220
4 BCE

6. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
c. 512 BCE
273 BCE
600 BCE
280

7. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
250 BCE
285
600 BCE
586 BCE

8. Rise of the Median Empire
660 BCE
728 BCE
469 BCE
185 BCE

9. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
335
395
c. 500 BCE
300 BCE

10. Construction of the Parthenon
500 BCE
c. 100 BCE
432 BCE
207 BCE

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

12. Democracy instituted atAthens
79
508 BCE
432 BCE
404 BCE

13. 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
226
323 BCE
722 BCE

14. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama
202 BCE
500 BCE
44 BCE
563 BCE

15. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
117
563 BCE
728 BCE
700 BCE

16. 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.
546 BCE
776 BCE
325
250 BCE

17. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
202 BCE
378
111 BCE
490 BCE

18. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
500 BCE
728 BCE
745 BCE
280

19. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
700 BCE
325
469 BCE
549 BCE

20. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
6 BCE
600 BCE
410
202 BCE

21. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
c. 455
230 BCE
612 BCE
4 BCE

22. Birth of Socrates
313
424 BCE
250 BCE
469 BCE

23. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
250 BCE
476
285
232 BCE

24. Death of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) - ascension of his adopted son Tiberius to the throne
c. 500 BCE
447 BCE
14
480 BCE

25. Sunga Empire founded.
300 BCE
185 BCE
232 BCE
653 BCE

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
483 BCE
321 BCE
326 BCE
202 BCE

27. Death of Socrates
525 BCE
c. 500 BCE
230 BCE
399 BCE

28. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
544 BCE
230 BCE
c. 455
257 BCE

29. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
111 BCE
460 BCE
226
9

30. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
6 BCE
447 BCE
18 BCE
323 BCE

31. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
460 BCE
313
653 BCE
70

32. Birth of Socrates
44 BCE
305 BCE
469 BCE
220

33. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
700 BCE
200 BCE
6 BCE
475 BCE

34. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
600 BCE
4 BCE
305 BCE
378

35. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
753 BCE
117
544 BCE

36. completion of Euclid's Elements
331 BCE
480 BCE
c. 500 BCE
331 BCE

37. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
586 BCE
c. 100 BCE
232 BCE
335

38. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
79
612 BCE
354
563 BCE

39. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
460 BCE
79
539 BCE
424 BCE

40. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
68
475 BCE
221 BCE

41. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
c. 200 BCE
525 BCE
480 BCE
395

42. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
220
202 BCE
395

43. 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.
600 BCE
529 BCE
202 BCE
221 BCE

44. 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
146 BCE
563 BCE
384 BCE
280

45. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
202 BCE
111 BCE
146 BCE
660 BCE

46. 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
653 BCE
550 BCE
410
202 BCE

47. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
300 BCE
325
432 BCE

48. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
185 BCE
700 BCE
458 BCE
29

49. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
321 BCE
14
29
49 BCE

50. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
70
200s
400 BCE
202 BCE