| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 697 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 697 BC DCXCVII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 57 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 56 |
| - Pharaoh | Shebitku, 11 |
| Ancient Greek era | 20th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4054 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1290 – −1289 |
| Berber calendar | 254 |
| Buddhist calendar | −152 |
| Burmese calendar | −1334 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4812–4813 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2001 or 1794 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2002 or 1795 |
| Coptic calendar | −980 – −979 |
| Discordian calendar | 470 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −704 – −703 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3064–3065 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −640 – −639 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2404–2405 |
| Holocene calendar | 9304 |
| Iranian calendar | 1318 BP – 1317 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1358 BH – 1357 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1637 |
| Minguo calendar | 2608 before ROC 民前2608年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2164 |
| Thai solar calendar | −154 – −153 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) −570 or −951 or −1723 — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) −569 or −950 or −1722 |
The year 697 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 57 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 697 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.