Anatine
Timeline of Ancient History
1000 BC to AD 500

Ostragoths take control of Italy (493)

Pope St. Gelasius I (r.492 - 496)

Pope St. Felix III (II) (r.483 - 492)

Clovis, 1st Frankish Emperor (r.481 - 511)

Gupta Empire defeated (480)

Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)

Pope St. Simplicius (r.468 - 483)

Pope St. Hilary (r.461 - 468)

Battle of the Catalonian Plains (451)

Jutes, Angles and Saxons colonise Britain (from c.450)

Pope St. Leo I (r.440 - 461)

Pope St. Sixtus III (r.432 - 440)

Vandal Empire (429 - 534)

Vandal Kingdom established in North Africa (429)

'White Huns' invade India (c.428)

Pope St. Celestine I (r.422 - 432)

Pope St. Boniface I (r.418 - 422)

Pope St. Zosimus (r.417 - 418)

Burgundian Empire (413 - 534)

Visigoths sack Rome (410)

Vandals invade Spain (409)

Last Roman garrison leaves Britain (407)

Vandals invade Gaul (406)

Attila the Hun (c.406 - 453)

Pope St. Innocent I (r.401 - 417)

Olympic Games banned (393)

Pope St. Siricius (r.384 - 399)

Visigoths defeat Romans at Adrianople (378)

Theodosius I (r.378 - 395)

St. Cyril of Alexandria (376 - 444)

Valentinian II (Western Empire) (r.375 - 392)

Pope St. Damasus I (r.366 - 384)

Valentinian I (Western Empire) (r.364 - 375)

Jovian (r.363 - 364)

Julian (r.360 - 363)

Pope Liberius (r.352 - 366)

Chinese declare war on the Huns (350)

Pope St. Julius I (r.337 - 352)

Constantius II (r.337 - 360)

Pope St. Marcus (r.336)

Constantinople becomes capital of Roman Empire (330)

Byzantine Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity (330)

Gupta Empire in India (320 - c.500)

Pope St. Sylvester I (r.314 - 335)

Edict of Milan (313)

Constantine (r.311 - 337)

Pope St. Miltiades (r.311 - 314)

Pope St. Eusebius (r.c.309 - 310)

Pope St. Marcellus I (r.308 - 309)

Maximinus (Western Empire) (r.308 - 313)

Maxentius (Western Empire) (r.306 - 312)

Constantius (Western Empire) (r.305 - 306)

Maximian (Western Empire) (r.286 - 305)

Confucianism introduced to Japan (285)

Roman - Sassanian Treaty (284)

Diocletian creates Tetrarchy (284 - 305)

Carinus (Western Empire) (r.283 - 285)

Pope St. Caius (r.283 - 296)

Carus (r.282 - 283)

Probus (r.276 - 282)
Florian (r.276)

Tacitus (r.275 - 276)

Pope St. Eutychian (r.275 - 283)

Aurelian (r.270 - 275)

Claudius II (r.268 - 270)

Pope St. Felix I (r.269 - 274)

Gallienus (r.260 - 268)

Pope St. Dionysius (r.259 - 268)

Pope St. Sixtus II (r.257 - 258)

Pope St. Stephen I (r.254 - 257)

Valerian (r.253 - 269)
Aemilian (r.253)

Pope St. Lucius I (r.253 - 254)

Gallus (r.251 - 253)

Pope St. Cornelius (r.251 - 253)

Decius (r.249 - 251)

Philippus (r.244 - 249)

Gordian III (r.238 - 244)
Gordian II (r.238)
Gordian I (r.238)

Pope St. Fabian (r.236 - 250)

Maximinus Thrax (r.235 - 238)

Pope St. Anterus (r.235 - 236)

Pope St. Pontain (r.230 - 235)

Sassanian Empire (224 - 651)

Severus Alexander (r.222 - 235)

Pope St. Urban I (r.222 - 230)

Chinese 'Six Dynasties' (220 - 589)

Elagabalus (r.218 - 222)

Macrinus (r.217 - 218)

Pope St. Callistus I (r.217 - 222)

Roman citizenship conferred on all free inhabitants of Empire (212)

Caracalla (r.211 - 217)

Didius Julianus (r.193)

Pertinax (r.193)

Pope St. Victor I (r.189 - 199)

'Yellow Hats' Uprising (184)

Commodus (r.180 - 192)

Pope St. Eleutherius (r.175 - 189)

Macromannic Wars (167 - 180)

Roman trade delegation to China (166)

Pope St. Soter (r.166 - 175)

Roman Empire suffers smallpox epidemic (165)

Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180) (r.161 - 180)

Pope St. Anicetus (r.155 - 166)

Buddhism reaches China (c.150)

Fire of Carthage (145)

Pope St. Pius I (r.140 - 155)

Antonius Pius (r.138 - 161)

Pope St. Hyginus (r.136 - 140)

Jewish Revolt (132 - 136)

Diaspora (dispersal of the Jews) (132)

Pope St. Telesphorus (r.125 - 136)

Hadrian (r.117 - 138)

Pope St. Sixtus I (r.115 - 125)

Pope St. Alexander I (r.105 - 115)

Clement of Alexandria (c.150 - 215)

Ptolemy of Alexandria (fl. 140)

Galen (129 - 199)




Lucian (c.125 - 190)

Nerva (r.96 - 98)

Pope St. Clement (r.88 - 97)

Domitian (r.81 - 96)

Eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii (79)

Titus (r.79 - 81)

Pope St. Anacletus (r.76 - 88)

Fall of Masada (73)

Destruction of Temple at Jerusalem (70)

Vespian (r.69 - 79)

Vitellius (r.69)

Otho (r.69)

Galba (r.68 - 69)

Pope St. Linus (r.67 - 76)

Revolt of the Iceni (60)

Nero (r.54 - 68)

Parthia defeats Rome (53)

Romans annex Morocco (44)

Romans invade Britain (43)

Claudius (r.41 - 54)

Caligula (12 - 41) (r.37 - 41)

Caractacus (1st century ?)

Boudicca (? - 62)

St. Peter, 1st Bishop of Rome (Pope) (d.c.67)

Tiberius (r.14 - 37)

Juvenal (55 - 140)

Tacitus (55 - 120)

Epictetus (50 - 138)

Plutarch (46 - 120)

Publius Papinus Statius (c.45 - 96)

Lucan (39 - 65)

Martial (c.38 - 102)

Pliny the Elder (23 - 79)

Celsus (14 - 37)

St. Paul (c.3 - 68)

Augustus (r.27 BC - AD 14)

Octavian becomes Augustus Caesar, 1st Roman Emperor (27)

End of Roman Republic and start of Empire (27)

Egypt becomes Roman province (30)


Egypt under Roman rule (31 BC - AD 641)

Marcus Antonius defeated at Actium (31)

War between Octavian and Marcus Antonius (32 - 31)










Octavian, Marcus Antonius and Lepidus form Second Triumvirate (43)

Julius Caesar assassinated (44)

Civil War in Rome (47 - 45)

Caesar occupies Alexandria (48)

Julius Caesar crosses Rubicon (49)

Romans conquer Gaul (49)



Battle of Carrhae (53)

Romans invade Britain (55)

Gallic War (58 - 51)

Pompey, Crassus and Caesar form 1st Triumvirate (60)


Pompey the Great conquers Syria (64)

Cleopatra (69 - 30)

3rd slave rebellion (73 - 71)

Spartacus (d.71)

King Herod (r.73 - 4)

Dictatorship of Sulla (82 - 79)

Marcus Antonius 'Mark Antony' (83 - 30)

Armenians invade Syria (83)

Roman Federal War (91 - 88)





Camel introduced to North Africa (c.100)

Seneca (4 BC - AD 65)

Phaedrus (c.15 BC - AD 50)

Ovid (43 BC - AD 17)

Albius Tibullus (c.54 - 19 BC)

Livy (59 BC - AD 17)


Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (c.63 - 12 BC)

Strato (64 BC - AD 21)

Horace (65 - 8 BC)

Virgil (70 - 19 BC)

Catullus (87 - 54)

Lucretius (c.99 - 55)

Jugurthan War (111 - 105)

Silk Road (112)

1st slave rebellion in Sicily (136 - 132)

Romans conquer Greece (146)

Romans Destroy Carthage (146)

3rd Punic War (149 - 146)

Hasmonasan Dynasty (160 - 63)

Macedonian uprising (166 - 160)

Rome conquers Macedonia (168)

3rd Macedonian War (171 - 168)

Roman Seleucid War (192 - 188)

Eumenes, King of Pergamum (197 - 159)

2nd Macedonian War (200 - 197)

Pompey (106 - 48)

Catiline (d.62)



Ssu-ma Ch'ien (d.79)

 

Marcus Terentius Varro (116 - 27)

Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (c.153 - 121)

Hipparchus (c.160 - 125)

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c.163 - 133)

Terence (190 - 159)

Rome conquers Spain (206)

1st Macedonian War (215 - 205)

Battle of Cannas (216)

2nd Punic War (218 - 201)

Marcus Porcius Cato (234 - 149)

Hannibal (247 - 183)

Parthia founded (247)

Romans attack Carthage (c.256)

1st Punic War (264 - 241)

Rome dominates central Italy (c.290)

3rd Samnite War (298 - 290)

Plautus (254 - 184)

Apollonius of Perga (c.262 - 190)

Eratosthenes (c.276 - 194)

Eubulides of Miletus (?)

Archimedes (c.287 - 212)

Euclid of Alexandria (?)

Alexandrian Library (290)

Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt (311 - 30 BC)

Seleucid Empire (312 - 64)

Via Appia (312)

Mauryan Empire (321 - 185)

Alexander conquers Egypt (322)

2nd Samnite Wars (326 - 304)

Alexander reaches India (329)

Battle of Issus (333)

Huns invade Persia and India (c.350)

Alexander the Great (356 - 323)

30th Egyptian Dynasty (380 - 343)

Rome sacked by Gauls (c.390)

29th Egyptian Dynasty (399 - 380)

Zeno of Citium (c.335 - 262)

Epicurus (341 - 270)

Ch'u Yuan (343 - 277)

Menander (c.343 - 291)

Pyrrho of Elis (c.360 - 270)

Praxiteles (?)

Mencius (371 - 288)

Demosthenes (c.384 - 322)

Aristotle (384 - 322)

Peloponnesian War (431 - 404)

12 Tables of Roman Law (449)

Battle of Thermopylae (480)

Egyptian uprising (485)

Greeks defeat Persians at Marathon (490)

Pericles (c.495 - 429)




Caste system established in India (c.500)

Nok culture in Africa (c.500 BC - AD 200)

Plato (427 - 347)

Xenophon (c.430 - 354)

Isocrates (436 - 338)

Conon (c.442 - 392)

Leucippus (450 - 390)

Aristophanes (457 - 385)

Hippocrates (c.460 - 377)

Thucydides (460 - 400)

Democritus (460 - 370)

Hipparcos of Metapontum (?)

Socrates (c.470 - 399)

Anaxagoras (5th century BC)

Melissus (480 - 420)

Herodotus (c.484 - 424)

Euripides (c.484 - 407)

Zeno of Elea (c.490 - 430)

Empedocles (c.490 - 430)

Phidias (c.490 - 417)

Sophocles (c.496 - 406)

Etruscan dynasty falls, Roman Republic founded (510)

Sybaris destroyed by Croton (510)

Hipparchus assassinated (514)

27th (Persian) Egyptian Dynasty (525 - 404)

Cambyses II conquers Egypt (525)

Tarquinius Superbus, King of Rome (r.534 - 510)

Battle of Alalia (535)

Fall of Babylon (539)

Maghada Empire (c.540 - 321)

Persian Empire of Achaemenid (550 - 330)

1st festival held at the Acropolis (556)

King Darius I of Persia (c.558 - 486)

Pharaoh Amasis (570 - 526)

Servius Tullius, King of Rome (r.579 - 534)

Croesus, King of Lydia (d.c.546)

Solar eclipse ends Halys River War (585)

Babylonian captivity of the Jews (586)

Fall of Jerusalem (586)

Cyrus (600 - 529)

Paramenides (520 - 430)

Aeschylus (c.525 - 456)

Themistocles (528 - 462)

Heraclitus (c.540 - 490)

Mahavira (d.528)

Confucius (551 - 479)

Buddha (c.563 - 483)

Anaximenes (c.570 - 510)

Pythagoras (c.572 - 497)

Mahavira (c.599 - 527)



Sappho (fl.c.600)

Phoenecians circumnavigate Africa (c.610)

Nineveh destroyed (612)

Fall of Assyrian Empire (c.614)

Tarquinius Priscus, King of Rome (r.616 - 579)

Draco's Legal Code (624)

Periander's tyranny in Corinth (c.627 - 585)


Chaldaean Empire (629 - 539)

Solon (c.638 - 560)

Ancus Marcius, King of Rome (r.641 - 616)

1st coins used in Lidya (c.650)

Jimmu becomes 1st Japanese Emperor (c.660)

Assyrians conquer Egypt (663)

26th Egyptian Dynasty (664 - 525)

Assyrians destroy Babylon (c.669)

Tullus Hostilius, King of Rome (r.673 - 641)

Rule by Archons in Athens started (683)

Hallstatt culture (c.700 - 450)

Scythians spread into Europe (c.700)

Sybaris founded (721)

24th Egyptian Dynasty (727 - ?)

25th Egyptian Dynasty (730 - 656)

King Midas (c.738 - 695)

1st Messenian War of Sparta (740 - 720)

Romulus, 1st King of Rome (r.753 - 715)

Rome founded (753)

Libu rule in Egypt (800 - 727)

Celtic tribes reach Britain (c.800)

 
23rd Egyptian Dynasty (818 - 715)

Jehosophat, King of Judah (c.873 - 849)

Ahab, King of Israel (c.875 - 854)

Start of Assyrian chronological records (893)





Kingdom of Kush (Nubia) founded (c.900)

22nd Egyptian Dynasty (c.945 - 715)

Sparta founded (c.950)

King Solomon (c.965 - 928)

Hiram I of Tyre (969 - 936)

Etruscans arrive in Italy (c.1000)