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The year '''627 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 127 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 627 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==
* [[Battle of Xiao]], between the states of [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]] and [[Qin (state)|Qin]] in China.
* Traditional date for the foundation of [[Epidamnus]] by [[Corinth]], today [[Durrës]] in [[Albania]].<ref>E.J. Bickerman, ''Chronology of the Ancient World'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p.&nbsp;198</ref>
* [[Sinsharishkun]] succeeds his brother [[Ashur-etil-ilani]] as king of [[Assyria]] (approximate date).

==Births==

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==Deaths==
* [[Ashur-etil-ilani]], Assyrian king
* [[Cypselus]], Greek [[tyrant]] of [[Corinth]]
* [[Kandalanu]], Babylonian king

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