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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






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






3. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






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






5. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system






6. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






7. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.






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






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






10. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






11. 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






12. Death of Confucius






13. Death of Gautama Buddha






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






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






26. Nanda dynasty comes to power.






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






28. Year of the four emperors in Rome.






29. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






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






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






32. 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






33. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






34. Defeat of Gordian III (238






35. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix






36. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






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






39. First Peloponnesian War betweenAthens and Sparta






40. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






41. Murder of Xerxes






42. Roman conquest of Greece - see Roman Greece






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






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






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






46. Birth of Socrates






47. Birth of Aristotle






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






49. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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