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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






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. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






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






6. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






7. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






8. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






14. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






15. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






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






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






18. Rise of the Median Empire






19. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






20. 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






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






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






23. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






24. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.






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






26. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






27. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






29. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






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






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






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






34. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






36. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






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






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






39. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






40. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






41. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






42. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






44. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






45. Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of Magadha.






46. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






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






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






50. completion of Euclid's Elements