| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 657 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 657 BC DCLVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 97 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 8 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 8 |
| Ancient Greek era | 30th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4094 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1249 |
| Berber calendar | 294 |
| Buddhist calendar | −112 |
| Burmese calendar | −1294 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4852–4853 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2041 or 1834 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2042 or 1835 |
| Coptic calendar | −940 – −939 |
| Discordian calendar | 510 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −664 – −663 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3104–3105 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −600 – −599 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2444–2445 |
| Holocene calendar | 9344 |
| Iranian calendar | 1278 BP – 1277 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1317 BH – 1316 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1677 |
| Minguo calendar | 2568 before ROC 民前2568年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2124 |
| Thai solar calendar | −114 – −113 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) −530 or −911 or −1683 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −529 or −910 or −1682 |
The year 657 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 97 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 657 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.
Events
By place
Asia Minor
- King Gyges of Lydia establishes a state monopoly in metal coinage, making it illegal for individuals to issue the bean-shaped lumps of electrum used as a medium of exchange in place of commodities (approximate date).
Greece
China
- The Li Ji Unrest, a series of events that ends in 651 BC, initiates when Li Ji, the concubine of Duke Xian of Jin, attempts to have her son Xiqi placed on the throne of Jin.
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