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| Gregorian calendar | 660 BC DCLX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 94 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 5 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 5 |
| Ancient Greek era | 30th Olympiad (victor )¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4091 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1252 |
| Berber calendar | 291 |
| Buddhist calendar | −115 |
| Burmese calendar | −1297 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4849–4850 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2038 or 1831 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2039 or 1832 |
| Coptic calendar | −943 – −942 |
| Discordian calendar | 507 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −667 – −666 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3101–3102 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −603 – −602 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2441–2442 |
| Holocene calendar | 9341 |
| Iranian calendar | 1281 BP – 1280 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1320 BH – 1319 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1674 |
| Minguo calendar | 2571 before ROC 民前2571年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2127 |
| Thai solar calendar | −117 – −116 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) −533 or −914 or −1686 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) −532 or −913 or −1685 |
The year 660 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 94 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 660 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.
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