|
Year |
|
| 2900 BC |
Defensive walls around cities become more prevalent
|
| 2300 BC |
(1)
Sargon I rules in Mesopotamia
(2) Agade Empire in Mesopotamia (Sargon I)
|
| 2250 BC |
Hammurabi's code
|
| 2000 BC |
Hittite Empire in Anatolia
|
| 1750 BC |
Babylonian Empire founded by Hammurabi; Hammurabi's Code,
the first written law code
|
| 1700 BC |
Hyksos Invaded Egypt
|
| 1500 BC |
Pharaoh Thutmose III born
|
| 1479 BC |
(1)
Egyptian Invasion of Asia
(2) Battle of Megiddo
|
| 1426 BC |
Pharaoh Thutmose III dies
|
| 1200 BC |
Hittite Empire Collapsed
|
| 1184 BC |
Fall of Troy
|
| 1166 BC |
Ramesses III died
|
| 1150 BC |
Olmec Civilization in Mesoamerica
|
| 900 BC |
Kush Kingdom founded
|
| 814 BC |
Carthage founded by the Phoenicians
|
| 789 BC |
Nineveh Destroyed
|
| 771 BC |
Chou Dynasty in China overthrown
|
| 753 BC |
Rome Founded
|
| 750 BC |
Greeks begin colonizing Mediterranean
|
| 722 BC |
Assyria destroys Israel
|
| 700 BC |
Scythians arrive in Asia
|
| 671 BC |
Assyrians conquer Egypt
|
| 660 BC |
Japanese Capital founded
|
| 650 BC |
Tyrants in Corinth, Greece
|
| 621 BC |
Draco creates code of law for Athens
|
| 612 BC |
Nineveh sacked by Scythians and Medes
|
| 605 BC |
Lao-tzu born
|
| 586 BC |
Babylonian Captivity
|
| 550 BC |
Persian Empire founded by Cyrus II
|
| 546 BC |
(1)
Persia Empire Wars begins
(2) Battle of Thymbra
|
| 539 BC |
(1)
Battle of Babylon
(2) Persia Empire Wars ends
|
| 535 BC |
Hiero born
|
| 521 BC |
Darius I
|
| 520 BC |
Lao-tzu dies
|
| 510 BC |
Roman Republic Founded
|
| 508 BC |
Cleisthenes starts to reform Athenian democracy
|
| 499 BC |
(1)
Ionians revolt against Persians
(2) Persian-Greek Wars begins
(3) Battle of Ephesus
|
| 497 BC |
(1)
Battle of Salamis
(2) Battle of Keys of Cyprus begins
(3) Battle of Marsya
|
| 495 BC |
Pericles born
|
| 494 BC |
Battle of Lade
|
| 490 BC |
Battle of Marathon
|
| 480 BC |
(1)
Battle of Thermopylae
(2) Xerxes Invades Greece--Battle of Salamis
|
| 479 BC |
(1)
Persians invaded Greece
(2) Battle of Plataea
(3) Battle of Mycale
|
| 478 BC |
Delian League founded
|
| 470 BC |
Cleon born
|
| 467 BC |
Hiero dies
|
| 466 BC |
Battle of Eurymedon River
|
| 461 BC |
Pericles rules Athens
|
| 460 BC |
Peloponnesian Wars begins
|
| 457 BC |
(1)
Battle of Aegina
(2) Battle of Tanagra
(3) Battle of Oenophyta
|
| 450 BC |
(1)
Alcibiades born
(2) Decline of the Roman Decemvirate
|
| 447 BC |
Battle of Coronea
|
| 444 BC |
Pericles in Athens
|
| 429 BC |
(1)
Battle of Plataea begins
(2) Battle of Plataea ends
(3) Battle of Naupactus
(4) Battle of Spartalos
(5) Pericles dies
|
| 427 BC |
Battle of Mytilene
|
| 426 BC |
Battle of Olpae
|
| 425 BC |
Battle of Pylos-Sphacteria
|
| 424 BC |
(1)
Battle of Delium
(2) Hippocrates dies
|
| 422 BC |
(1)
Cleon dies
(2) Battle of Amphipolis
|
| 418 BC |
Battle of Mantinea
|
| 415 BC |
(1)
Battle of Syracuse begins
(2) Battle of Syracuse ends
|
| 413 BC |
(1)
Demosthenes dies
(2) Nicius dies
|
| 410 BC |
Battle of Cyzicus
|
| 407 BC |
Battle of Notium
|
| 406 BC |
Battle of Arginusae Islands
|
| 405 BC |
Battle of Aegospotami
|
| 404 BC |
(1)
Alcibiades dies
(2) Peloponnesian Wars ends
|
| 401 BC |
(1)
Persian-Greek Wars begins
(2) Visigoths under Alaric invade Italy
(3) Battle of Cunaxa
|
| 400 BC |
(1)
Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks
(2) Parmenio born
|
| 397 BC |
Antipater born
|
| 395 BC |
(1)
Lysander dies
(2) Greek City-States Wars begins
|
| 382 BC |
(1)
Philip II born
|
| 371 BC |
Battle of Leuctra
|
| 362 BC |
Greek City-States Wars begins
|
| 358 BC |
Artaxerxes II dies
|
| 356 BC |
Alexander III born
|
| 338 BC |
(1)
Alexander & Macedonian Conquests begins
(2) Battle of Chaeronea
|
| 336 BC |
(1)
Philip II dies
|
| 335 BC |
Battle of Thebes
|
| 334 BC |
(1)
Battle of Granicus
(2) Alexander the Great Invades Asia Minor
|
| 333 BC |
Battle of Issus
|
| 332 BC |
Battle of Tyre
|
| 331 BC |
(1)
Battle of Gaugamela
(2) Battle of Megalopolis
|
| 330 BC |
(1)
Alexander the Great conquers Persia
(2) Parmenio dies
(3) Darius III dies
|
| 329 BC |
Alexander the Great reaches India
|
| 326 BC |
Battle of The Hydaspes
|
| 323 BC |
Alexander III dies
|
| 322 BC |
Alexander & Macedonian Conquests begins
|
| 319 BC |
Antipater dies
|
| 318 BC |
Wars of the Hellenistic Monarchies begin
|
| 304 BC |
Ptolemy I rules Egypt
|
| 301 BC |
Battle of Ipsus
|
| 300 BC |
Gaius Duilius born
|
| 292 BC |
Publius Claudius Pulcher born
|
| 291 BC |
Lucius Caecilius Metellus born
|
| 285 BC |
Gaius Lutatius Catulus born
|
| 280 BC |
Greeks and Romans fight their first battle
|
| 268 BC |
Marcus Claudius Marcellus born
|
| 264 BC |
(1)
First Punic War begins
(2) Battle of Messina
|
| 260 BC |
Battle of Mylae
|
| 256 BC |
Battle of Ecnomus
|
| 255 BC |
Battle of Bagradas
|
| 251 BC |
Battle of Panormus
|
| 250 BC |
(1)
Battle of Lilybeaum begins
|
| 249 BC |
Battle of Drepanum
|
| 248 BC |
Publius Claudius Pulcher dies
|
| 247 BC |
Hannibal born
|
| 242 BC |
Antiochus III born
|
| 241 BC |
(1)
First Punic War ends
(2) Battle of Aegates Islands
|
| 236 BC |
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus born
|
| 234 BC |
Cato the Elder born
|
| 230 BC |
Gaius Lutatius Catulus dies
|
| 229 BC |
Hamilcar Barca dies
|
| 225 BC |
Gaius Duilius dies
|
| 221 BC |
(1)
Lucius Caecilius Metellus dies
(2) Hasdrubal dies
(3) China united by Shih Huang-ti
|
| 219 BC |
(1)
Battle of Saguntum
(3) Second Punic War begins
|
| 218 BC |
Battle of Trebbia River
|
| 217 BC |
Battle of Lake Trasimene
|
| 216 BC |
Battle of Cannae
|
| 215 BC |
Battle of Nola
|
| 214 BC |
(1)
Battle of Syracuse
|
| 212 BC |
(1)
Battle of Capua
|
| 210 BC |
Tiberius Sempronius dies
|
| 209 BC |
Battle of New Carthage
|
| 208 BC |
(1)
Battle of Beacula
(2) Marcus Claudius Marcellus dies
|
| 207 BC |
(1)
Hasdrubal dies
(2) Battle of Metaurus
|
| 206 BC |
(1)
Battle of Ilipia
(2) Rome conquers Spain
|
| 203 BC |
(1)
Invasion of the Hsiung-nu begins
(2) Battle of Kai-Sia
(3) Battle of Utica
|
| 202 BC |
(1)
Battle of Zama
(2) Han dynasty established in China
(3) Second Punic War ends
(4) Hasdrubal dies
(5) Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal
|
| 200 BC |
Invasion of the Hsiung-nu begins
|
| 190 BC |
Battle of Magnesia
|
| 187 BC |
Antiochus III dies
|
| 184 BC |
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus dies
|
| 183 BC |
Hannibal dies
|
| 170 BC |
Wars of the Hellenistic Monarchies begins
|
| 168 BC |
(1)
Third Macedonian War
(2) Battle of Pydna
|
| 167 BC |
Maccabean revolt begins
|
| 165 BC |
Judas Maccabeaus restores the Temple of Jerusalem
|
| 149 BC |
(1)
Third Punic War begins
(2) Battle of Nepharis
(3) Battle of Carthage
|
| 146 BC |
Third Punic War ends |
| 133 BC |
The
Gracchi brothers attempt reforms in Rome
|
| 115 BC |
Marcus Licinius Crassus born
|
| 106 BC |
(1)
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus born
(2) Cicero born
|
| 100 BC |
Gaius Julius Caeser born
|
| 90 BC |
Gaius Scribonius Curio born
|
| 85 BC |
Marcus Junius Brutus born
|
| 83 BC |
Marcus Antonius born
|
| 73 BC |
Spartacus leads slave revolt against Rome
|
| 71 BC |
Slave Revolt under Spartacus
|
| 63 BC |
(1)
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus born
(2) Rome annexes Judea
|
| 60 BC |
1st
Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
|
| 58 BC |
(1)
Gallic Wars begins
(2) Battle of Bibracte
(3) Battle of Mulhouse
|
| 57 BC |
Battle of Sambre River
|
| 56 BC |
Battle of Morbihan Gulf
|
| 55 BC |
Battle of Coblenz
|
| 54 BC |
(1)
Battle of Verulamium
(2) Battle of Tongres
|
| 53 BC |
(1)
Battle of Carrhae
(2) Wars of the First Triumvirate begin
(3) Marcus Licinius Crassus dies
|
| 52 BC |
(1)
Gallic Wars begin
(2) Pompey becomes Consul
(3) Battle of Alesia
(4) Battle of Avaricum
(5) Battle of Gergovia
(6) Battle of Agendicum
|
| 51 BC |
(1)
Julius Caesar conquers Gaul
(2) Cleopatra assumes Egyptian throne
|
| 49 BC |
(1)
Caesar crosses Rubicon
(2) Gaius Scribonius Curio dies
(3) Battle of Rubicon River
(4) Battle of Ilerda
(5) Battle of Utica
(6) Battle of Bagradas River
(7) Battle of Illyria
|
| 48 BC |
(1)
Battle of Pharsalus
(2) Battle of Dyrrachium
(3) Battle of Alexandria
(4) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus dies
|
| 47 BC |
(1)
Pompey assassinated
(2) Battle of Zela
|
| 46 BC |
(1)
Battle of Ruspina
(2) Battle of Thapsus
(3) Vercingetorix dies
|
| 45 BC |
(1)
Julius Caesar rules Rome
(2) First Triumvirate, Wars of the begins
(3) Battle of Munda
|
| 44 BC |
(1)
Caesar assassinated in Roman Senate
(2) Gaius Julius Caeser dies
|
| 43 BC |
(1)
Wars of the Second Triumvirate begins
(2) Battle of Mutina
|
| 42 BC |
(1)
Battle of Philippi, First
(2) Battle of Second Philippi
(3) Tiberius Nero born
(4) Marcus Junius Brutus dies
|
| 41 BC |
(1)
Battle of Perusia
|
| 37 BC |
Tiberius Nero dies
|
| 36 BC |
(1)
Battle of Phraaspa
(2) Battle of Naulochus
|
| 31 BC |
(1)
Battle of Actium
(2) Marcus Antonius dies
(3) Wars of the Second Triumvirate ends
(4) Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide
|
| 27 BC |
(1)
End of Roman Republic and beginning of Roman Empire
(2) Roman Empire Wars begins
|
| 18 BC |
Arminius born
|
| 14 BC |
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus dies
|
| 11 BC |
Battle of Lippe River
|
| 9 |
(1)
Germanic revolt against Rome under Arminius
(2) Publius Quintilius Varus dies
(3) Battle of Teutoburger Wald
|
| 14 |
Roman Emperor Augustus dies
|
| 16 |
Battle of Minden
|
| 19 |
Arminius dies
|
| 31 |
Octavian rules Rome
|
| 37 |
(1)
Roman Emperor Tiberius dies
(2) Nero Claudius Caesar born
|
| 42 |
Gaius Cassius Longinus dies
|
| 43 |
(1)
Rome invades Britain
(2) Battle of Medway River
|
| 44 |
2nd
Triumvirate of Octavian, Marcus Aemilius, and Mark Antony
|
| 50 |
Battle of Shropshire
|
| 58 |
Battle of Artaxata
|
| 59 |
Battle of Tigranocerta
|
| 61 |
Battle of Verulamium
|
| 62 |
Battle of Arsanias River
|
| 66 |
(1)
Battle of Beth-Horon
(2) Battle of Bezetha
|
| 68 |
(1)
Battle of Jotapata
(2) Nero Claudius Caesar dies
|
| 70 |
(2)
Jews revolt against Roman rule in Judea
|
| 165 |
Battle of Ctesiphon
|
| 180 |
Marcus Arurelius dies
|
| 184 |
Revolt of the Yellow Turbans in China
|
| 192 |
Roman Emperor Commodus murdered, Roman Empire begins decline
|
| 197 |
Battle of Ctesiphon
|
| 202 |
Han
Dynasty in China
|
| 220 |
Han
dynasty falls in China
|
| 238 |
Germanic tribes allowed into Roman borders
|
| 241 |
King Sapor of Persia
|
| 250 |
Marcus Atilius Regulus dies
|
| 304 |
Huns invade China
|
| 305 |
Diocletian Abdicates
|
| 312 |
Battle of Milvian Bridge
|
| 320 |
Gupta Empire in India founded
|
| 330 |
Constantinople made capital of Roman Empire
|
| 332 |
Siege of Gaza
|
| 337 |
(1)
Constantine reunites Roman Empire
(2) Constantine dies
|
| 341 |
Mhea Invades China
|
| 350 |
Huns invade Persia
|
| 360 |
(1)
Julian becomes Emperor
(2) Huns invade Europe
|
| 378 |
Battle of Adrianople
|
| 388 |
Brennus Burns Rome
|
| 395 |
(1)
Emperor Theodosius dies
(2) Roman Empire permanently divided
(3) Byzantine Empire Wars begin
|
| 396 |
Visigoths under Alaric invade Greece
|
| 401 |
Cyrus dies
|
| 410 |
(1)
Visigoths sack Rome and conquer Spain
|
| 411 |
Battle of Cynossema
|
| 420 |
Nanking capital of China
|
| 422 |
Brasidas dies
|
| 425 |
Angles, Saxons and Jutes invade England
|
| 433 |
Attila rises to power
|
| 441 |
Huns Eastern Roman Empire
|
| 449 |
Saxons and Angles invade Britain
|
| 450 |
Justin born
|
| 451 |
(1)
Battle of Chalons
(2) Attila and his Huns defeated in Gaul
(3) Huns under Attila sack Italy
|
| 455 |
Vandals sack Rome
|
| 470 |
Huns leave Europe
|
| 476 |
(1)
Romulus Augustus--last Roman Emperor
(2) Odoacer, first Germanic King of Italy
(3) End of Roman Empire, beginning of Middle Ages
(4) Roman Empire Wars begins
|
| 483 |
Justinian born
|
| 486 |
Clovis establishes the Kingdom of the Franks
|
| 493 |
(1)
Theodoric murders Odoacer
(2) Clovis marries Clothilda
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