List of Classical Age states


is a period in the history of the Near East and Mediterranean, extending roughly from the 8th century BC to the 6th century AD.
It is conventionally taken to begin with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer, and continues through the emergence of Christianity and the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th to 6th centuries, the period during which Late Antiquity blends into the "Dark Ages" or Early Middle Ages.
The geographic scope of Classical Antiquity may be taken to extend to Central Asia and North India due to the far-reaching influence of Greek culture during the Hellenistic period,
but the historiographies of other world regions have their own notion of "classicity" which do not fall within the scope of this list.

Africa

StateCapitalState typeExisted
Aksumite empireAksumEmpire100–940
BlemmyesTribal kingdom600 BC – 8th century AD
Carthaginian EmpireCarthageEmpire814–146 BC
D'mtYehaKingdom980–400 BC
CyrenaicaCyreneKingdom631–525 BC
EgyptSais, Mendes, SebennytosKingdomc. 664 BC – c. 332 BC
GaramantianGaramaTribal confederation/empire1000 BC – 700 AD
KushKerma; Napata; MeroeKingdom1070 BC – 350 AD
Macedonian EmpirePellaEmpire808 BC – 168 BC
MauretaniaJulia CaesaraKingdom/client kingdom285 BC – 698 AD
NumidiaCirtaKingdom202–46 BC
Persian EmpireEcbatana, Pasargadae, Persepolis, SusaEmpire550–330 BC
PtolemaicAlexandriaKingdom/empire305–30 BC
Roman EmpireRome, ConstantinopleEmpire27 BC-476
Roman RepublicRomeRepublic509–27 BC
Somali City-StatesVariousCity-statesVarious
TichittKingdom1400–200 BC

Europe

StateCapitalTypeExisted
Achaean LeagueVariousConfederation of city states280–140 BC
Acarnanian LeagueVariousConfederation of city states5th century–31 BC
AeolisVariousCity states8th–6th century BC
Aetolian LeagueVariousConfederation of city states290–189 BC
Amphictyonic leagueVariousConfederation of Tribes
Antigonid EmpireEmpire306–168 BC
ArcadiaKingdom980–743 BC
Arcadian LeagueVariousConfederation of city states370 BC
ArgolisArgosKingdom/republic1200–226 BC
AthensRepublican city state/client1068–146 BC
Boeotian LeagueVariousConfederation of city states395–171 BC
Carthaginian EmpireCarthageEmpire650–146 BC
Chalcidian LeagueVariousConfederation of city states430–348 BC
CorinthiaCorinthCity state700-338 BC
Cyprus city-statesVariousCity states800-400 BC
DaciaSarmizegetusa, RegiaKingdom168 BC – 106 AD
DardaniaUlpiana?Tribal kingdom4th century – 168 BC
Delian LeagueVariousLeague of city states478–404 BC
ElisVariousCity states1200–188 BC
EtruriaVeiiKingdom900–264 BC
Euboean LeagueVariousConfederation of city states294 BC – 300 AD
Hellenic LeagueVariousFederated states338–322 BC
Illyria400–158 BC
Ionian LeagueVariousLeague of city states7th century–505 BC
Latin LeagueVariousTribal confederation793–338 BC
LocriaAmphissa, NaupactusKingdom1250–386 BC
Macedonia /Macedonian empirePellaKingdom/empire808–168 BC/334–323 BC
Magna GraeciaVariousKingdom city states740–89 BC
Odrysian kingdomSeuthopolisKingdom460 BC- 46 AD
PaeoniaPrincipality/kingdom/client535 BC – 681 AD
Peloponnesian LeagueAthensConfederation of city states550–366 BC
Persian EmpireEcbatana, Pasargadae, Persepolis, SusaEmpire549–330 BC
PhocisDelphiAmphictyony690–222 BC
RhodesRhodesCity-state408–226 BC
Kingdom of RomeRomeKingdom753–509 BC
Roman EmpireRome, Milan, Ravenna, ConstantinopleEmpire27 BC-1453 AD
Roman RepublicRomeRepublic509–27 BC
SabinumBovianumTribal kingdom760 – 494 BC
SamniumTribal confederation600 – 82 BC
Second Athenian LeagueAthensConfederation of city states377–385 BC
SpartaSpartaKingdom950–146 BC
TartessosTartessusTribal kingdom1000–450 BC
ThebesThebesCity-state7th century–335 BC
TylisTylisKingdom278–212 BC
UmbriaTribal kingdom9th century – 3rd century BC

Eurasian Steppe and Central Asia

East Asia/Southeast Asia

NameCapital/sTypeExisted
Âu LạcCổ LoaKingdom257–207 BC
BaekjeWirye, Ungjin, SabiKingdom18 BC – 660 AD
BuyeoBuyeoseongKingdom189 BC – 494 AD
ChampaIndrapura, Vijaya, PandurangaKingdom192–1832 AD
ChengjiaChengduKingdom25–36 AD
Chi TuKingdom100 BC – 7th century AD
ChouchiLüeyangPrincipality184–511 AD
ChuDanyang, JiangYing, JiYing, Shouchun,Client viscountcy/kingdom1030–223 BC
DianKingdom300–109 BC
DonghuNomadic tribal confederation700–150 BC
Dong'ouDong'ouKingdom191–111 BC
FunanVyadhapura,Óc EoKingdom60–550 AD
Gangga NegaraGangga NegaraKingdom2nd–11th centuries AD
GayaGayaConfederacy42–562 AD
GoguryeoJolbon, Gungnae, Pyongyang.Kingdom37 BC – 668 AD
GojoseonAsadal, Wanggeom-seongKingdom1500–108 BC
Han empireChang'an, Luoyang, XuchangEmpire206 BC-220 AD
Kofun period 300–538
JinTribal federation550–108 BC
JolbonTribal kingdom1st century – 37 BC
Kandis kingdomKingdom1st century BC – 13th century AD
LangkasukaKedah, PattaniKingdom100–1516 AD
MahanCheonanConfederacy98 BC – 250 AD
MinyueYeKingdom334–111 AD
NaKingdom1st century – 3rd century AD
NanyuePanyuKingdom204–111 BC
PyuSri KsetraFederated city states250 BC – 1085 AD
QiLinziClient dukedom1046–221 BC
QinQin, Quanqiu, Qian, PingyangClient marquisate/dukedom858–221 BC
Qin empireXianyangEmpire221–206 BC
Samaskuta kingdomKingdom?–5th century AD
SiljikKingdom102 – 6th century AD
SillaGyeongjuKingdom55 BC – 935 AD
SumpaTribal chiefdom/client1600 BC – 7th century AD
ThatonThatonKingdom300 BC – 1085 AD
WeiAnyi, DaliangMarquisate/kingdom403–225 BC
Văn LangAnyangConfederation/kingdoms1430–258 BC
XianbeiNomadic 93–234 AD
XiongnuTribal confederation 209–155 BC
YamataiKingdom1st century – 3rd century AD
YanJiPrincipality1046–222 BC
ZhangzhungKyunglungKingdom500 BC – 625 AD
ZhouHaojing, LuoyiKingdom1046–256 BC