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<p>2A01:6F01:B606:1500:F102:A350:A2D:5BC4: Added Ancus Marcius succession — traditionally became king in 640 BC after Tullus Hostilius.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Year nav|-640}}<br /> {{BC year in topic|640}}<br /> <br /> The year '''640 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 114 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 640 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.<br /> <br /> ==Events==<br /> <br /> === Europe ===<br /> * [[Theagenes of Megara|Theagenes]] becomes tyrant at [[Megara]].&lt;ref name=Bickerman-198&gt;E.J. Bickerman, ''Chronology of the Ancient World'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p.&amp;nbsp;198&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * [[Colaeus|Kolaios of Samos]] reaches the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].&lt;ref name=Bickerman-198/&gt;<br /> * The interregnum in Rome ends. [[Ancus Marcius]] becomes the fourth king of [[Rome]]<br /> <br /> === Middle East ===<br /> * King [[Ashurbanipal]] of [[Assyria]] achieves a great victory over [[Elam]]. He captures its last king, [[Humban-haltash III|Khumma-Khaldash III]], and lays waste to the country.<br /> * King [[Teispes]] dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]] after being freed from [[Medes|Median]] supremacy.<br /> <br /> ==Births==<br /> * [[Josiah]], the sixteenth king of Judah (d. 609 BCE)<br /> * [[Pittacus of Mytilene]], one of the [[Seven Sages of Greece]] (approximate date) <br /> * [[Stesichorus]], Greek [[Lyric poetry|lyric poet]] (approximate date)<br /> <br /> ==Deaths==<br /> * [[Argaeus I of Macedon|Argaeus I]], king of [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] (approximate date)<br /> * [[Teispes]], son of [[Achaemenes]] and ancestor of [[Cyrus the Great]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:640s Bc}}<br /> [[Category:640s BC| ]]<br /> [[Category:Years of the 7th century BC]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{BC-year-stub}}</div>

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<p>2A01:6F01:B606:1500:F102:A350:A2D:5BC4: Removed Ancus Marcius succession — traditionally occurred in 640 BC, not 642 BC.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Year nav|-642}}<br /> {{BC year in topic|642}}<br /> <br /> The year '''642 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 112 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 642 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.<br /> <br /> ==Events==<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Empty section|date=August 2013}}<br /> <br /> ==Deaths==<br /> * [[Wukui]], ruler of the state of Qi<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:640s Bc}}<br /> [[Category:640s BC| ]]<br /> [[Category:Years of the 7th century BC]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{BC-year-stub}}</div>

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