Politics & PowerThe 4th century

Politics & Power in the 4th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime, narrowed to the 4th century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 301 to 395. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
301
Latest
395

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    San Marino

    'I leave you free from both men'

    Marinus is said to have left his followers the words 'Relinquo vos liberos ab utroque homine', freedom from both emperor and pope, enshrined as the founding ideal of Sammarinese liberty.

    Era: Saint Marinus and the Mountain Commune

    Sources: Origins of San Marino - the world's oldest Republic · SanMarinoSite

  2. Europe

    Albania

    Byzantine rule begins

    After the division of the Roman Empire the Albanian lands passed to the Byzantine Empire, remaining a contested Christian borderland for much of the following eight centuries.

    Era: Illyrians, Greeks, Rome and Byzantium

    Sources: Albania: Medieval Culture and Illyrian Tribes · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Albania · Encyclopaedia Britannica