648 BC
The year 648 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 106 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 648 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 648 BC DCXLVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 106 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 17 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 17 |
| Ancient Greek era | 33rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4103 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1240 |
| Berber calendar | 303 |
| Buddhist calendar | −103 |
| Burmese calendar | −1285 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4861–4862 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2049 or 1989 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2050 or 1990 |
| Coptic calendar | −931 – −930 |
| Discordian calendar | 519 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −655 – −654 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3113–3114 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −591 – −590 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2453–2454 |
| Holocene calendar | 9353 |
| Iranian calendar | 1269 BP – 1268 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1308 BH – 1307 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1686 |
| Minguo calendar | 2559 before ROC 民前2559年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2115 |
| Thai solar calendar | −105 – −104 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) −521 or −902 or −1674 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) −520 or −901 or −1673 |
Two Ancient Greek wrestlers (pankration)
Events
Middle East
- Babylon falls to Assyrian forces after a 3-year siege (see 651 BC); starved out by his half brother Ashurbanipal, king Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, allegedly having built a pyre of his concubines and royal treasure as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrison and much of its population.
Greece
- Messenians in the Peloponnese revolt against Sparta under the leadership of king Aristomenes, beginning a struggle that will continue until 631 BC.
- April 6 - The earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks is observed.[1]
Sports
- Greece's 33rd games of the Olympiad is held at Olympia with a new event: the pankration is a no-holds-barred contest that combines boxing and wrestling.
Deaths
- Shamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia
References
- E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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