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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.
68
400 BCE
117
14

2. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
745 BCE
400 BCE
480 BCE
432 BCE

3. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece
146 BCE
202 BCE
192
563 BCE

4. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started
586 BCE
202 BCE
447 BCE
479 BCE

5. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.
185 BCE
c. 455
117
335

6. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
285
111 BCE
326 BCE
410

7. 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.
612 BCE
429 BCE
226
305 BCE

8. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
490 BCE
68
400 BCE
192

9. Death of Cyrus
728 BCE
529 BCE
202 BCE
469 BCE

10. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
285
529 BCE
612 BCE
325

11. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
202 BCE
300 BCE
313
508 BCE

12. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
600 BCE
480 BCE
280
509 BCE

13. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great
550 BCE
226
424 BCE
600 BCE

14. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
273 BCE
200 BCE
776 BCE

15. Birth of Aristotle
326 BCE
4 BCE
469 BCE
384 BCE

16. Death of Cyrus
529 BCE
479 BCE
79
660 BCE

17. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
475 BCE
508 BCE
653 BCE
18 BCE

18. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
146 BCE
458 BCE
410
c. 455

19. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire
273 BCE
410
280
544 BCE

20. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
395
550 BCE
429 BCE
200 BCE

21. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
230 BCE
549 BCE
232 BCE
753 BCE

22. completion of Euclid's Elements
549 BCE
600 BCE
c. 500 BCE
404 BCE

23. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
c. 200 BCE
250 BCE
305 BCE
202 BCE

24. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
326 BCE
305 BCE
525 BCE
c. 600 BCE

25. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
273 BCE
500 BCE
c. 100 BCE
68

26. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
500 BCE
612 BCE
395
399 BCE

27. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta
250 BCE
331 BCE
653 BCE
460 BCE

28. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
600 BCE
483 BCE
447 BCE
465 BCE

29. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
192
400 BCE
230 BCE
221 BCE

30. Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
465 BCE
700 BCE
49 BCE
202 BCE

31. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
525 BCE
70
509 BCE
185 BCE

32. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.
424 BCE
600 BCE
9
c. 200 BCE

33. 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
476
776 BCE
273 BCE

34. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis
323 BCE
447 BCE
469 BCE
480 BCE

35. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
250 BCE
653 BCE
722 BCE
354

36. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
c. 455
600 BCE
399 BCE
285

37. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
728 BCE
313
207 BCE
79

38. Murder of Xerxes
500 BCE
200 BCE
230 BCE
465 BCE

39. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
323 BCE
325
424 BCE

40. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
305 BCE
230 BCE
384 BCE
202 BCE

41. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb
400 BCE
238
500 BCE
232 BCE

42. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
600 BCE
404 BCE
660 BCE
745 BCE

43. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization
192
200s
600 BCE
9

44. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
660 BCE
4 BCE
326 BCE
c. 512 BCE

45. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
300 BCE
429 BCE
432 BCE
111 BCE

46. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
c. 500 BCE
232 BCE
600 BCE
6 BCE

47. Year of the four emperors in Rome.
728 BCE
117
70
68

48. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
509 BCE
c. 500 BCE
753 BCE
200 BCE

49. Defeat of Gordian III (238
200s
202 BCE
550 BCE
238

50. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.
9
4 BCE
207 BCE
200s