648 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 648 BC by topic |
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| 2559 before ROC 民前2559年 | |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2115 |
| Thai solar calendar | −105 – −104 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) −521 or −902 or −1674 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) −520 or −901 or −1673 |
The year 648 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 106 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 648 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
Middle East
- Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, allegedly having built a pyre of his concubines and royal treasure as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrisonand much of its population.
Greece
- Messenians in the Peloponnese revolt against Sparta under the leadership of king Aristomenes, beginning a struggle that will continue until 631 BC.
- April 6 - The earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks is observed.[1]
Sports
- Greece's 33rd games of the Olympiad is held at Olympia with a new event: the pankration is a no-holds-barred contest that combines boxing and wrestling.
Births
Deaths
- Shamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia
References
- ^ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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