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655 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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655 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar655 BC
DCLV 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)
2043 or 1836
    — to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
2044 or 1837
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)

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.

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Egypt

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

Greece

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