655 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC
Years:	658 BC 657 BC 656 BC 655 BC 654 BC 653 BC 652 BC

655 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	655 BC DCLV BC
Ab urbe condita	99
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 10
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 10
Ancient Greek era	31st Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4096
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1247
Berber calendar	296
Buddhist calendar	−110
Burmese calendar	−1292
Byzantine calendar	4854–4855
Chinese calendar	乙おつ丑うし年とし (Wood Ox) 2043 or 1836     — to — 丙へい寅とら年ねん (Fire Tiger) 2044 or 1837
Coptic calendar	−938 – −937
Discordian calendar	512
Ethiopian calendar	−662 – −661
Hebrew calendar	3106–3107
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−598 – −597
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2446–2447
Holocene calendar	9346
Iranian calendar	1276 BP – 1275 BP
Islamic calendar	1315 BH – 1314 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1679
Minguo calendar	2566 before ROC 民みん前まえ2566年ねん
Nanakshahi calendar	−2122
Thai solar calendar	−112 – −111
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛うし年ねん (female Wood-Ox) −528 or −909 or −1681     — to — 阳火虎とら年ねん (male Fire-Tiger) −527 or −908 or −1680

Remains of the town wall of Stagira (Greece)

The year 655 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 99 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 655 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

By place

Egypt

• King Psamtik I marches into Philistia (south-western Levant) in pursuit of Assyrian forces as he consolidates his authority while avoiding territorial expansion.

Greece

• Stagira on the Chalkidiki peninsula is founded by Ionian settlers from Andros.