654 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:	657 BC 656 BC 655 BC 654 BC 653 BC 652 BC 651 BC
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654 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	654 BC DCLIV BC
Ab urbe condita	100
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 11
- Pharaoh	Psamtik I, 11
Ancient Greek era	31st Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4097
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1247 – −1246
Berber calendar	297
Buddhist calendar	−109
Burmese calendar	−1291
Byzantine calendar	4855–4856
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire  Tiger) 2044 or 1837     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit) 2045 or 1838
Coptic calendar	−937 – −936
Discordian calendar	513
Ethiopian calendar	−661 – −660
Hebrew calendar	3107–3108
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−597 – −596
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2447–2448
Holocene calendar	9347
Iranian calendar	1275 BP – 1274 BP
Islamic calendar	1314 BH – 1313 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1680
Minguo calendar	2565 before ROC 民前2565年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2121
Thai solar calendar	−111 – −110
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) −527 or −908 or −1680     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) −526 or −907 or −1679

The year 654 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 100 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 654 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

• Enna is founded in Sicily.
• Traditional date of the foundation of Abdera in Thrace by colonists from Clazomenae. ^[1]
• Traditional date of foundation of Akanthos by Andros. ^[1]
• Traditional date of foundation of Lampsacus by Phocaea. ^[1]

References

1. E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198