656 BC
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| Millennium |
| 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries |
| Decades |
| Years |
| 656 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 656 BC DCLVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 98 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 9 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 9 |
| Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) | 31st Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4095 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1249 – −1248 |
| Berber calendar | 295 |
| Buddhist calendar | −111 |
| Burmese calendar | −1293 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4853–4854 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2042 or 1835 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2043 or 1836 |
| Coptic calendar | −939 – −938 |
| Discordian calendar | 511 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −663 – −662 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3105–3106 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −599 – −598 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2445–2446 |
| Holocene calendar | 9345 |
| Iranian calendar | 1277 BP – 1276 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1316 BH – 1315 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1678 |
| Minguo calendar | 2567 before ROC 民前2567年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2123 |
| Thai solar calendar | −113 – −112 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −529 or −910 or −1682 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −528 or −909 or −1681 |
The year 656 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 98 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 656 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.