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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
111 BCE
325
335
202 BCE

2. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
c. 600 BCE
202 BCE
325
331 BCE

3. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
475 BCE
480 BCE
200 BCE
6 BCE

4. Construction of the Parthenon
600 BCE
700 BCE
432 BCE
551 BCE

5. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
549 BCE
226
539 BCE
563 BCE

6. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
230 BCE
404 BCE
14
238

7. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
192
458 BCE
238
400 BCE

8. The Fall of the Babylonian Empire and liberation of the Jews by Cyrus the Great
323 BCE
539 BCE
280
354

9. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
424 BCE
14
c. 512 BCE
323 BCE

10. 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
539 BCE
476
313
220

11. Construction of the world's largest pyramid - the Great Pyramid of Cholula - begins in Cholula - Puebla - Mexico
300 BCE
9
6 BCE
c. 100 BCE

12. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
185 BCE
410
79
404 BCE

13. Defeat of Gordian III (238
238
79
465 BCE
257 BCE

14. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
200 BCE
660 BCE
c. 200 BCE
432 BCE

15. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
500 BCE
29
745 BCE
14

16. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
483 BCE
226
500 BCE
476

17. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
29
70
354
384 BCE

18. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
483 BCE
226
250 BCE
c. 100 BCE

19. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
29
539 BCE
207 BCE
469 BCE

20. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
232 BCE
429 BCE
722 BCE
508 BCE

21. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
600 BCE
285
395
313

22. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
313
300 BCE
509 BCE
508 BCE

23. Tiglath-Pileser III becomes the new king of Assyria. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire
29
29
192
745 BCE

24. 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
230 BCE
563 BCE
384 BCE
354

25. The construction of Marib Dam in Arabia Felix
700 BCE
325
49 BCE
500 BCE

26. Construction of the Parthenon
c. 455
354
70
432 BCE

27. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
480 BCE
250 BCE
c. 600 BCE
18 BCE

28. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
c. 100 BCE
432 BCE
424 BCE
550 BCE

29. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.
722 BCE
331 BCE
220
305 BCE

30. End of Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states
384 BCE
14
404 BCE
232 BCE

31. completion of Euclid's Elements
c. 500 BCE
300 BCE
475 BCE
313

32. Birth of Augustine of Hippo
354
500 BCE
221 BCE
14

33. Death of Socrates
508 BCE
399 BCE
185 BCE
331 BCE

34. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.
c. 455
14
525 BCE
546 BCE

35. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
4 BCE
200 BCE
29
c. 200 BCE

36. Death of Gautama Buddha
600 BCE
483 BCE
384 BCE
500 BCE

37. Murder of Xerxes
776 BCE
c. 600 BCE
600 BCE
465 BCE

38. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
745 BCE
c. 200 BCE
273 BCE
544 BCE

39. Rise of the Median Empire
220
728 BCE
722 BCE
600 BCE

40. Death of Socrates
399 BCE
321 BCE
479 BCE
68

41. 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.
49 BCE
429 BCE
14
305 BCE

42. Sunga Empire founded.
185 BCE
321 BCE
490 BCE
480 BCE

43. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
480 BCE
79
612 BCE
378

44. Roman Emperor Theodosius I outlaws all pagan religions in favour of Christianity.
321 BCE
395
460 BCE
483 BCE

45. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of
257 BCE
280
469 BCE
475 BCE

46. Chera dynasty in SouthIndia
c. 200 BCE
745 BCE
508 BCE
399 BCE

47. completion of Euclid's Elements
4 BCE
c. 600 BCE
469 BCE
c. 500 BCE

48. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.
44 BCE
c. 512 BCE
563 BCE
458 BCE

49. Death of Gautama Buddha
325
230 BCE
483 BCE
458 BCE

50. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.
480 BCE
424 BCE
250 BCE
79