The year 675 BC, or 675 BCE was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 79 ab urbe condita. The denomination 675 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
By place
Middle East
- The Elamite king Urtaku comes to power; during his reign, relations between Elam and Babylonia worsen.
- King Deioces dies after a 53-year reign that has established the kingdom of the Medes and its capital at Ecbatana (later Hamedan) in what will be northwest Persia. He is succeeded by his son Phraortes, who forms an anti-Assyrian alliance with the Cimmerians to subjugate the Persians and other Asian peoples.
- King Esarhaddon begins to rebuild Babylon (approximate date).
- Teispes becomes a king of Anshan.
Births
- Ancus Marcius, 4th king of Rome
Deaths
- Deioces
- Marquis Ai of Cai