The year 508 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus (or, less frequently, year 246 Ab urbe condita).

BC是Before Christ的缩写，意为“基督诞生之前”，用来指“公元前……”，也叫“主前……”，如654 BC，公元前654年。 AD即Anno Domini，出自拉丁语，意为“in the year of the Lord”，即“主的元年”，用来指“…

Cleisthenes (/ ˈklaɪsθɪniːz / KLYS-thin-eez; Ancient Greek: Κλεισθένης), or Clisthenes (c. 570 – c. 508 BC), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. [1][2] For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of ...

The year 508 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Poplicola and Tricipitinus (or, less frequently, year 246 Ab urbe condita).

The Athenian Revolution (508–507 BCE) was a revolt by the people of Athens that overthrew the ruling aristocratic oligarchy, establishing the almost century-long self-governance of Athens in the form of a participatory democracy – open to all free male citizens.

Cleisthenes of Athens (born c. 570 bce —died c. 508) was a statesman regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy, serving as chief archon (highest magistrate) of Athens (525–524). Cleisthenes successfully allied himself with the popular Assembly against the nobles (508) and imposed democratic reform.

After the three-year conflicts in 508 b.c. Klisthenis came to power, he placed the foundations of Athenian democracy with serious reforms. The most important was the increase of the races from four toten and the parallel distribution of the city in Trities and municipalities.

For a little more than a century, three Etruscan kings ruled over Rome. Sometime around 509 bce, the citizens of the Latin city rose up and expelled the third and last Etruscan king, Lucius …

Oct 12, 2017 · Unordered events occurring during the year of 508 BC. This information was collected as part of a lifelong project to create a historical timeline by E. McNally.

Nov 7, 2016 · The year 508 B.C. was a watershed moment in the history of human politics. Ancient sources tell us that in that same year, in two different countries, two political systems were born.