3600 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Malta
Megalithic temples
Ġgantija and Ħaġar Qim are built a millennium before the Egyptian pyramids.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
15 Ereignisse
3600 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Malta
Ġgantija and Ħaġar Qim are built a millennium before the Egyptian pyramids.
509 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Italien
Kingship is abolished. Consuls, Senate and assemblies invent the balance of powers that modern constitutions will echo.
508 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Griechenland
Athens entrusts power to the citizens’ assembly: the first documented democracy in history.
387 v. Chr. Institution Antike Griechenland
The West’s first philosophical institution; Aristotle studies there for twenty years before founding the Lyceum.
336 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Nordmazedonien
The kingdom of Philip and Alexander carries Hellenism from Egypt to the Indus.
250 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Griechenland
The Hebrew Bible is translated into Greek in Alexandria: a decisive bridge between Judaism and the Hellenistic world.
146 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Albanien
Rome opens the road linking Dyrrachium to Constantinople: a major imperial axis for a thousand years.
52 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Frankreich
Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar. Gaul enters the Roman orbit for five centuries and adopts Latin.
19 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Spanien
Augustus completes the conquest. Mérida, Tarragona and Italica become leading Roman cities.
9 Ereignis Antike Deutschland
Arminius annihilates three of Varus's legions. Rome abandons the conquest of Germania and fixes its frontier on the Rhine and Danube.
14 Institution Antike Slowenien
The Roman colony, on the site of Ljubljana, guards the road from Italy to the Danube.
106 Krieg Antike Rumänien
Trajan’s Column immortalises the campaign. Latinisation will give birth to the Romanian language.
122 Ereignis Antike Vereinigtes Königreich
The Empire fixes its northern frontier; the wall remains the island’s greatest Roman relic.
212 Text Antike Italien
Roman citizenship is extended to nearly all free men of the Empire: a legal, not ethnic, community.
305 Ereignis Antike Kroatien
The emperor builds his retirement residence at Split: the modern city grew inside its walls.