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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






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






3. 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.






4. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






5. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






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






8. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






9. Democracy instituted atAthens






10. 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.






11. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






12. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






13. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






15. Death of Cyrus






16. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire






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






18. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed






19. 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.






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






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






22. Death of Socrates






23. Sunga Empire founded.






24. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






25. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






26. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Rise of Persian Empire






32. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






34. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






35. Death of Gautama Buddha






36. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






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






38. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






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






41. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






42. Sunga Empire founded.






43. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






44. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






45. Death of Gautama Buddha






46. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






47. 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






48. completion of Euclid's Elements






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






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