u/MarjorieTaylorSpleen

In 27 BC, Octavian was given the title Augustus, effectively ending the Roman republic and turing the senate largely into a rubber stamp for the princeps.

Context:

In 508 BC, Cleisthenes reformed the Athenian constitution and became "the father of democracy" after the tyrant Hippias was overthrown by Sparta.

Roman tradition generally holds that their seventh king, Tarquinius Superbus was overthrown and exiled in 509 BC after his son raped a noblewoman named Lucretia.

I dont know if it is historical consensus or not, but I've heard theories that the Romans may have altered the date of the founding of the republic to coincide with democracy in Greece. Regardless of how much truth there is to it, the thought makes me laugh.