616 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	8th centuryBC 7th centuryBC 6th centuryBC
Decades:	630sBC 620sBC 610sBC 600sBC 590sBC
Years:	619BC 618BC 617BC 616BC 615BC 614BC 613BC

616 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	616 BC DCXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	138
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIdynasty,49
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I,49
Ancient Greek era	41stOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4135
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1208
Berber calendar	335
Buddhist calendar	−71
Burmese calendar	−1253
Byzantine calendar	4893–4894
Chinese calendar	Giáp thầnNiên (WoodDragon) 2082 or 1875 — to — Ất tị niên (WoodSnake) 2083 or 1876
Coptic calendar	−899 – −898
Discordian calendar	551
Ethiopian calendar	−623 – −622
Hebrew calendar	3145–3146
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−559 – −558
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2485–2486
Holocene calendar	9385
Iranian calendar	1237 BP – 1236 BP
Islamic calendar	1275 BH – 1274 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1718
Minguo calendar	2527 beforeROC Dân tiền 2527 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−2083
Thai solar calendar	−73 – −72
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc long niên (male Wood-Dragon) −489 or −870 or −1642 — to — Âm mộc xà niên (female Wood-Snake) −488 or −869 or −1641

The year616 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.In theRoman Empire,it was known asyear 138Ab urbe condita.The denomination 616 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

• Lucius Tarquinius Priscusbecomes the legendary fifth king ofRome.

Deaths

• Ancus Marcius,legendary fourth king ofRome(or617 BC)