698 BC
The year 698 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 56 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 698 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 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 698 BC DCXCVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 56 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 55 |
| - Pharaoh | Shebitku, 10 |
| Ancient Greek era | 20th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4053 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1290 |
| Berber calendar | 253 |
| Buddhist calendar | −153 |
| Burmese calendar | −1335 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4811–4812 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 1999 or 1939 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2000 or 1940 |
| Coptic calendar | −981 – −980 |
| Discordian calendar | 469 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −705 – −704 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3063–3064 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −641 – −640 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2403–2404 |
| Holocene calendar | 9303 |
| Iranian calendar | 1319 BP – 1318 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1360 BH – 1358 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1636 |
| Minguo calendar | 2609 before ROC 民前2609年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2165 |
| Thai solar calendar | −155 – −154 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) −571 or −952 or −1724 — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) −570 or −951 or −1723 |
Events
Exploration, colonization
- Greek colonization of the Mediterranean in the next two centuries will be motivated primarily by a need to find new food sources as Greece's population expands. The barren and rocky soil of the Greek Peninsula is inadequate to meet the people's alimentary needs (approximate date).
Deaths
- Chuzi I, ruler of the state of Qin
- Duke Xi of Qi, ruler of the state of Qi
References
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