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'{{Year nav|-666}} {{BC year in topic|666}} The year '''666 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 88 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 666 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.{{cn|date=November 2023}} ==Events== ===By place=== ====Middle East==== * King [[Ashurbanipal]] undertook a campaign to Egypt.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTOxEAAAQBAJ&dq=666+BC+Ashurbanipal&pg=PA320 | isbn=978-0-19-068763-2 | title=The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East | date=14 April 2023 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> *One theory is that this is the year [[Psammitichus I]] ascended the throne.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jzEuAAAAYAAJ&dq=666+BC&pg=PA606 | title=The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South | date=1856 | publisher=John Early }}</ref> ==Births== There are no recorded births of notable people during this year. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:660s BC]] {{BC-year-stub}}'