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The year '''663 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 91 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 663 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==
* The [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Assyrian Empire]] under [[Ashurbanipal]] drives the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt|Kushites]] from Egypt and conquers the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lapd/hd_lapd.htm|title=Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.) - Essay - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History|date=October 2004 |publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref>
* Siege of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal.

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