Architecture Timeline

• c. 3000 BCE - c. 2800 BCE
  The Neolithic chambered cairn known as Maeshowe constructed and in use.
• c. 2560 BCE
  The Great Pyramid of Giza is constructed by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).
• c. 2500 BCE
  The Great Sphinx of Giza is built.
• c. 1500 BCE - c. 1400 BCE
  First palace structure and Treasury of Atreus tomb built at Mycenae.
• 1400 BCE - 1300 BCE
  Mycenaean palace architecture at Tiryns.
• 1400 BCE - 1300 BCE
  Mycenaean fortifications, palaces and tombs constructed at Argos.
• c. 1300 BCE - c. 1250 BCE
  Cyclopean stone bridge built near Mycenae.
• c. 580 BCE
  Long-distance aqueducts were constructed at Samos and Athens.
• c. 575 BCE
  Nebuchadnezzar II builds the Ishtar Gate and great walls of Babylon.
• c. 550 BCE - c. 430 BCE
  Construction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
• c. 546 BCE
  Cyrus the Great begins construction of Pasargadae.
• 510 BCE - 370 BCE
  Greeks fighting Amazons becomes a popular subject of architectural sculpture across Greece.
• c. 460 BCE - 457 BCE
  Temple of Zeus is built at Olympia with a statue of Apollo dominating the west pediment and containing the cult statue of Zeus by Phidias.
• 421 BCE - 406 BCE
  The Erechtheion of Athens acropolis is constructed with six Caryatids in the south porch.
• 380 BCE
  Rebuilding of Rome. Strong walls around the seven hills.
• 312 BCE
  Rome's first aqueduct constructed, the 16 km long Aqua Appia.
• 146 BCE
  First Roman all-marble building is constructed, the temple of Jupiter Stater in Rome.
• 144 BCE - 140 BCE
  Rome's 91 km long Aqua Marcia aqueduct constructed.
• c. 110 BCE - c. 50 BCE
  Tower of The Winds by Andronicus constructed in Athens.
• 55 BCE
  Pompey the Great builds the first permanent stone theatre in Rome.
• c. 20 BCE
  Military engineer and architect Vitruvius publishes his "De Architectura".
• 19 BCE
  Arch of Augustus built in Rome to commemorate victory over the Parthians.
• 14 BCE - 96 CE
  Rome launches an extensive cultural patronage and construction programme in Iberia.
• c. 13 BCE
  Official inauguration of the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome.
• 2 BCE
  Augusutus inaugurates the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE.
• c. 1 CE - c. 100 CE
  Construction of the temple of Jupiter Baal by the Romans at Baalbek.
• c. 65 CE
  The Circus Maximus in Rome is rebuilt and its capacity increased to 250,000.
• c. 65 CE
  The Baths of Nero are built in Rome.
• 72 CE
  Vespasian begins construction of the Colosseum in Rome.
• 113 CE
  Trajan's column is constructed in Rome which commemorates the emperor's campaigns in Dacia.
• 122 CE
  Construction begins on Hadrian's Wall.
• c. 125 CE
  The Pantheon is completed in Rome.
• 216 CE
  End of the architectural project of the Severan forum.
• c. 235 CE
  The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.
• c. 315 CE
  Arch of Constantine I built in Rome to commemorate victory over Maxentius in 312 CE.
• 315 CE
  The Baths of Constantine I in Rome are completed.
• 410 CE - 413 CE
  The Theodosian Walls are built to better protect Constantinople.
• c. 450 CE
  The adobe brick pyramids Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna are constructed at Moche, capital of the Moche civilization.
• 532 CE - 537 CE
  Hagia Sophia is built anew in Constantinople.
• 608 CE
  The Pantheon in Rome is converted into a Christian church.
• c. 1450 CE
  Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui founds Machu Picchu in the High Andes.