| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| 698 BC by topic |
| Politics |
|---|
| Categories |
|
| Gregorian calendar | 698 BC DCXCVIII 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) 2000 or 1793 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2001 or 1794 |
| 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 |
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.
Events
By topic
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).
Births
Deaths
- Chuzi I, ruler of the state of Qin
- Duke Xi of Qi, ruler of the state of Qi
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.