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The year 666 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 88 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 666 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.[citation needed]
Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Middle East
[edit | edit source]- King Ashurbanipal undertook a campaign to Egypt.[1]
- One theory is that this is the year Psammitichus I ascended the throne.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. 14 April 2023. ISBN 978-0-19-068763-2.
- ↑ "The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South". John Early. 1856.