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Years
Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades
680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC
Years
669 BC 668 BC 667 BC 666 BC 665 BC 664 BC 663 BC

The year 666 BC was a year of the 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.^{[citation needed]}

Events

By place

Middle East

King Ashurbanipal undertook a campaign to Egypt.^[1]
One theory is that this is the year Psammitichus I ascended the throne.^[2]

References

^ The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. 14 April 2023. ISBN 978-0-19-068763-2.
^ “The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South”. John Early. 1856.