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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Sunga Empire founded.






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.






3. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






4. Democracy instituted atAthens






5. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






6. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






7. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






8. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






9. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






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






11. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






12. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






14. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






15. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






16. Birth of Socrates






17. Destruction of theFirst Temple in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians






18. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






19. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia






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






21. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






22. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






23. 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






24. Death of Confucius






25. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






26. Roman Empire at largest extent under Emperor Trajan.






27. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






28. 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






29. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought






30. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






31. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






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






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.






34. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






35. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






36. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat






37. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






38. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.






39. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.






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






41. Death of Cyrus






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






43. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






44. Murder of Xerxes






45. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






46. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






47. 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.






48. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






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






50. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great