620 BC
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The year 620 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 134 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 620 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.
Births
- Aesop, Greek fable writer (approximate date)
- Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island
- Chilon of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
- Sappho, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (approximate date)