Cincinnatus called from the plough
458 BCE* · Event
Roman senator twice given dictatorial powers and twice retires after victory; archetype of civic restraint.
On these timelines: Master, Roman History
Around 458 BCE
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)