MEDO-BABYLONIA TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE, A TIMELNINE

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Babylon Persia Greece Ptolemaic Egypt Seleucid Syria Jewish/Hasmonean Roman

YEAR BC

BABYLON / PERSIA

GREECE / EGYPT / SYRIA

JEWISH / ROMAN

612

592

572

552

532

512

492

472

452

432

412

392

372

352

332

312

292

272

252

232

212

192

172

152

132

112

Assyria falls

Egypt 609

Nebuchadnezzar II

Jerusalem taken 597

Jerusalem burned 587

Final captivity 581

Amel-Marduk 562-560

Neriglissar 560-556

Labashi-Marduk 556

Nabonidus 556-539

Fall Babylon 539

Cyrus 539-530

Cambyses 530-522

Darius I 522-486

Xerxes I 486-465

Artaxerxes I 464-423

Darius II 423-404

Artaxerxes II 404-359

Artaxerxes III 359-338

Arses 338-336

Darius III 336-331

Alexander 334-323

Alexander dies 323

Ptolemy I 323-285

Ptolemy II 285-245

Ptolemy III 247-221

Ptolemy IV 221-203

Ptolemy V 203-181

Seleucus I 312-281

Antiochus I 281-260

Antiochus II 260-246

Seleucus II/III 245-223

Antiochus III 222-187

Seleucus IV 187-175

Antiochus IV 175-164

Maccabean revolt 166-63

Judas 166-160

Jonathan 160-143

Tower 142

Simeon 142-134

John Hyrcanus 134-104

Aristobulus 103

Alex Jannaeus 102-76

Salome 75-67

Aristobulus II vs Hyrcanus 66-63

Roman rule 63

Hyrcanus II 63-40

Parthians 40-37

Jerusalem seized 37

Herod vs Nabatea 32

Octavian 31

Temple rebuild 19

Herod visits Agrippa 16

Temple inaugurated 10

Jesus born 6

Herod dies 4