740s BC

This article concerns the period 749 BC – 740 BC.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC
Years:	749 BC 748 BC 747 BC 746 BC 745 BC 744 BC 743 BC 742 BC 741 BC 740 BC
Categories:	Deaths

Events and trends

• 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylon.
• 747 BC—Meles becomes king of Lydia.
• c. 744 BC—Piye starts to rule in parts of Ancient Egypt.
• 745 BC—The Crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.
• 745 BC—Legendary death of Titus Tatius Roman King (Diarchy with Romulus ).
• 743 BC—Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
• 743 BC—Beginning of the First Messenian War.
• 740 BC—Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
• 740 BC—Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.

Significant people

• Romulus and Remus