616 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC
Years:	619 BC 618 BC 617 BC 616 BC 615 BC 614 BC 613 BC

616 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	616 BC DCXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	138
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 49
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 49
Ancient Greek era	41st Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4135
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1208
Berber calendar	335
Buddhist calendar	−71
Burmese calendar	−1253
Byzantine calendar	4893–4894
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2082 or 1875     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2083 or 1876
Coptic calendar	−899 – −898
Discordian calendar	551
Ethiopian calendar	−623 – −622
Hebrew calendar	3145–3146
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−559 – −558
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2485–2486
Holocene calendar	9385
Iranian calendar	1237 BP – 1236 BP
Islamic calendar	1275 BH – 1274 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1718
Minguo calendar	2527 before ROC 民前2527年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2083
Thai solar calendar	−73 – −72
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −489 or −870 or −1642     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −488 or −869 or −1641

The year 616 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 138 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 616 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

• Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the legendary fifth king of Rome.

Deaths

• Ancus Marcius, legendary fourth king of Rome (or 617 BC)