706 BC

The year 706 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 48 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 706 BC for this year has been used since the Early Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
Years:	709 BC 708 BC 707 BC 706 BC 705 BC 704 BC 703 BC

706 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	706 BC DCCV BC
Ab urbe condita	48
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 47
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 2
Ancient Greek era	18th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4045
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1298
Berber calendar	245
Buddhist calendar	−161
Burmese calendar	−1343
Byzantine calendar	4803–4804
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 1991 or 1931     — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 1992 or 1932
Coptic calendar	−989 – −988
Discordian calendar	461
Ethiopian calendar	−713 – −712
Hebrew calendar	3055–3056
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−649 – −648
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2395–2396
Holocene calendar	9295
Iranian calendar	1327 BP – 1326 BP
Islamic calendar	1368 BH – 1367 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1628
Minguo calendar	2617 before ROC 民前2617年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2173
Thai solar calendar	−163 – −162
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) −579 or −960 or −1732     — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) −578 or −959 or −1731

Events

• The Greek colony of Taranto is founded by settlers from Sparta.

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