655 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	8th centuryBC 7th centuryBC 6th centuryBC
Decades:	670sBC 660sBC 650sBC 640sBC 630sBC
Years:	658BC 657BC 656BC 655BC 654BC 653BC 652BC

655 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	655 BC DCLV BC
Ab urbe condita	99
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIdynasty,10
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I,10
Ancient Greek era	31stOlympiad,year 2
Assyrian calendar	4096
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1247
Berber calendar	296
Buddhist calendar	−110
Burmese calendar	−1292
Byzantine calendar	4854–4855
Chinese calendar	Ất sửuNiên (WoodOx) 2043 or 1836 — to — Bính dần niên (FireTiger) 2044 or 1837
Coptic calendar	−938 – −937
Discordian calendar	512
Ethiopian calendar	−662 – −661
Hebrew calendar	3106–3107
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−598 – −597
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2446–2447
Holocene calendar	9346
Iranian calendar	1276 BP – 1275 BP
Islamic calendar	1315 BH – 1314 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1679
Minguo calendar	2566 beforeROC Dân tiền 2566 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−2122
Thai solar calendar	−112 – −111
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc ngưu niên (female Wood-Ox) −528 or −909 or −1681 — to — Dương hỏa hổ niên (male Fire-Tiger) −527 or −908 or −1680

Remains of thetown wallofStagira(Greece)

The year655 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.In theRoman Empire,it was known asyear 99Ab urbe condita.The denomination 655 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

By place

Egypt

• KingPsamtik Imarches intoPhilistia(south-westernLevant) in pursuit ofAssyrianforces as he consolidates his authority while avoiding territorial expansion.

Greece

• Stagiraon theChalkidikipeninsula is founded byIoniansettlers fromAndros.