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Classical Antiquity Timeline

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1. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






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






3. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ






4. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






5. Defeat of Gordian III (238






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






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






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






9. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






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






11. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






12. Death of Cyrus






13. Skandagupta repels anIndo-Hephthalite attack onIndia.






14. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






16. 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.






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






18. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






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






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






21. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






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






23. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






24. Evidence of writing system appear in Oaxaca used by the Zapotec civilization






25. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






31. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






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






33. Death of Socrates






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






35. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






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






37. 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






38. Death of Gautama Buddha






39. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






40. Confucius - founder of Confucianism - is born






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






42. Birth of Socrates






43. Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama






44. Destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Vesuvius.






45. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.






46. Rise of Persian Empire






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






48. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






49. Rise of Persian Empire






50. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.