Ancient Worlds by Michael Scott
Author:Michael Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2016-06-29T16:00:00+00:00
PART III
RELIGIOUS CHANGE IN A CONNECTED WORLD
TIMELINE
c. 563 BCE (or 480 BCE): Birth of the Buddha in India
150 BCE: King Menander (Milinda) converted to Buddhism by monk Nagasena
25 CE: Beginning of Eastern Han Dynasty
66 CE: Tiridates I of Armenia travels to Rome to be crowned by Roman Emperor Nero
68–75 CE: First Buddhist monastery (‘White Horse Monastery’) built at Luoyang
148 CE: Arrival of An Shigao in China as Buddhist monk and translator
220 CE: End of Eastern Han Dynasty and beginning of Three Kingdom Period in China
257 CE: Father of future Tiridates the Great murdered; Tiridates sent to Rome (and Gregory to Caesarea)
265 CE: Beginning of Western Jin Dynasty in China
284 CE: Beginning of reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian.
286 CE: First simultaneous translation of Buddhist text into Chinese completed by Dharmaraksa
300 CE: Ghatotkacha Gupta rules in India
303 CE: Diocletian initiates persecution of Christians in Roman Empire
303/314 CE: Conversion of Tiridates the Great to Christianity
304 CE: The Xiongnu break through into Northern China – beginning of Sixteen Kingdoms Period
306 CE: Constantine I declared Augustus by his troops.
310–11 CE: Chang’an and Luoyang destroyed
312 CE: Constantine defeats Maxentius at Milvian Bridge
313 CE: The Edict of Milan, enacted by Constantine and Licinus, decrees religious tolerance
314 CE: Constantine convenes Council of Arles
316 CE: Beginning of Eastern Jin dynasty in China based around capital at Nanjing
320 CE: Chandragupta I begins rule in northern India
324 CE: Constantine I defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis
324 CE: Meeting of Constantine, Tiridates, Gregory, and Pope Silvester
325 CE: Constantine I calls the Council of Nicaea; Gregory ‘the Illuminator’ dies
327 CE: Second Council of Nicaea
330 CE: Constantinople is founded on the site of old Byzantium as ‘the new Rome;’ Tiridates the Great dies
335 CE: Samudragupta becomes ruler of the Gupta Empire; Council of Tyre in Roman Empire
337 CE: Death of Constantine
350 CE: Huns begin to invade the Sassanid Empire
353 CE: First Armenian Council conducted by Catholicos Nerses
360 CE: Julian the Apostate is proclaimed emperor and attempts to revive paganism.
375 CE: Chandragupta II becomes ruler of the Gupta Empire.
376 CE: The Visigoths flee the Huns, entering the Eastern Roman Empire
380 CE: Edict issued by Emperor Theodosius on correct form of Christian belief and worship
381 CE: Emperor Xiaowu formally accepts and establishes Buddhism at his court in China
386 CE: Start of Northern Dynasty Period in China
387 CE: Partition of Armenia between the Roman and Sassanian Empires
391 CE: Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire and paganism is actively suppressed
394 CE: Battle of River Frigidus between the army of Theodosius I and the army of pagan-sympathising Western Roman ruler Eugenius.
395 CE: Buddhist King of Sri Lanka despatches gift to Emperor Xiaowu in China (which arrives 405 CE)
395–398 CE: Huns invade Roman territories.
395 CE: Theodosius I dies, causing the Roman Empire to split permanently.
399 CE: Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian travels on foot to India to acquire Buddhist texts.
401 CE: Chinese Buddhist monk Kumarajiva enters court in Chang'an and begins translations of Buddhist texts.
410 CE: The Sack of Rome by Visigoths led by King Alaric.
415 CE: Founding of Nalanda University in
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