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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






2. Birth of Socrates






3. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






4. Sunga Empire founded.






5. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






6. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






7. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.






8. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






9. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






10. Death of Cyrus






11. Death of Confucius






12. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






13. 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.






14. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






15. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






16. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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






18. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






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






20. Rise of Persian Empire






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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






26. completion of Euclid's Elements






27. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states






28. 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.






29. Murder of Xerxes






30. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






31. 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






32. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






34. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






35. Warring States Period begins in China as the Zhou king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords






36. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






37. Construction of the Parthenon






38. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






39. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






41. Death of Confucius






42. Birth of Socrates






43. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






44. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






45. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






46. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great






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






48. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






50. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.