670s BC deaths

legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus

Deioces was the founder and the first king of the Median Kingdom, an ancient polity located in the Iranian plateau. His name has been mentioned in different forms in various sources, including the ancient Greek historian Herodotus.

King of Zhou Dynasty China

mythical dictator of Alba Longa

King of Chu from 689 to 677 BC

ruler of the Zhou Dynasty in Chinese state of Qin

'''Du'ao (), also known as Zhuang'ao (), personal name Xiong Jian''', was a king of the Chu state, reigning from 676 BC to 672 BC.

ruler of Qin

Ruler of the State of Jin

ruler of the states of Jin and Quwo

duchess of Lu

thumb|Detail from the Victory stele of Esarhaddon. The standing figure may depict Abdi-Milkutti in bounds, or alternatively the [[king of Tyre Baal I.]]

Ešarra-ḫammat (, meaning "Ešarra is mistress") was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as the primary consort of Esarhaddon (681–669 BC). Ešarra-ḫammat had been married to Esarhaddon for over a decade by the time he became king, having married him 695 BC. Few sources from Ešarra-ḫammat's lifetime that mention her are known, and she is thus chiefly known from sources dating to after her death in February 672 BC, an event which deeply affected Esarhaddon. Esarhaddon had a great mausoleum constructed for her, unusual for burials of Assyrian queens, and had her death recorded in the Babylonian Chro