Key facts
- Gregorian calendar
- 657 BC, DCLVII BC
- Ancient egypt era
- XXVI dynasty , 8
- Pharaoh
- Psamtik I , 8
- Ancient greek olympiad summer
- 30th Olympiad , year 4
- Balinese saka calendar
- N/A
- Bengali calendar
- −1250 – −1249
- Buddhist calendar
- −112
- Burmese calendar
- −1294
- Byzantine calendar
- 4852–4853
- Chinese calendar
- 癸亥 年 (Water Pig ), 2041 or 1834, — to — , 甲子年 (Wood Rat ), 2042 or 1835
- Coptic calendar
- −940 – −939
- Ethiopian calendar
- −664 – −663
- Hebrew calendar
- 3104–3105
- Vikram samvat
- −600 – −599
- Shaka samvat
- N/A
- Kali yuga
- 2444–2445
- Iranian calendar
- 1278 BP – 1277 BP
- Islamic calendar
- 1317 BH – 1316 BH
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Wikidata facts
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- point in time
- 0657-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:657 BC
- Commons category
- 657 BC
- category for births in this time period
- Category:657 BCE births
- category for deaths in this time period
- Category:657 BC deaths
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Encyclopedic overview
The year 657 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 97 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 657 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
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