509 v. Chr. Ereignis Antike Italien
Birth of the Roman Republic
Kingship is abolished. Consuls, Senate and assemblies invent the balance of powers that modern constitutions will echo.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
6 Ereignisse
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.