655 BC

The year 655 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 99 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 655 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
655 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar655 BC
DCLIV BC
Ab urbe condita99
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 10
- PharaohPsamtik I, 10
Ancient Greek era31st Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4096
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1247
Berber calendar296
Buddhist calendar−110
Burmese calendar−1292
Byzantine calendar4854–4855
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
2042 or 1982
     to 
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
2043 or 1983
Coptic calendar−938 – −937
Discordian calendar512
Ethiopian calendar−662 – −661
Hebrew calendar3106–3107
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−598 – −597
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2446–2447
Holocene calendar9346
Iranian calendar1276 BP – 1275 BP
Islamic calendar1315 BH – 1314 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1679
Minguo calendar2566 before ROC
民前2566年
Nanakshahi calendar−2122
Thai solar calendar−112 – −111
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
−528 or −909 or −1681
     to 
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
−527 or −908 or −1680
Remains of the town wall of Stagira (Greece)

Events

Egypt

  • King Psamtik I marches into Philistia (south-western Levant) in pursuit of Assyrian forces as he consolidates his authority while avoiding territorial expansion.

Greece

Births

Deaths

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