670s BC

This article concerns the period 679 BC – 670 BC.

Events and trends

679 BC—Siomón Brecc's reign ends and is succeeded by Dui Finn, according to the chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn.^[1]
678 BC—Phraortes becomes king of the Medes
677 BC—Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes and advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.
676 BC—Zhou Hui Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
675 BC—The Elamite king Urtaku comes to power; during his reign, relations between Elam and Babylonia worsen.^[2]
674 BC—Esarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off.^[3]
673 BC—Tullus Hostilius becomes the third king of Rome.^[4]
672 BC—(estimated date) Tullus Hostilius becomes the legendary third king of Rome.
671 BC—Esarhaddon again invades Egypt, this time successfully, capturing Memphis as well as a number of the royal family.
670 BC—King Gyges of Lydia mints the first Greek coins.

Esarhaddon, King of Assyria and conqueror of Egypt (reigned 681–669 BC)
Argaeus I, who acceded to the kingship of Macedon with his father's death; he reigned from c. 678 BC to c. 640 BC
Zhou Hui Wang, ruler of China during the Zhou dynasty

679 BC—Siomón Brecc, according to the chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn.^[1]
678 BC—approximate date of death of Perdiccas I, king of Macedon
677 BC—King Xi of Zhou, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
675 BC—Deioces
673 BC—Numa Pompilius, second of the Kings of Rome, successor to Romulus^[5]
672 BC—Du'ao, king of the Chinese state of Chu.
670 BC—Mettius Fufetius, Latin king of Alba Longa

^ ^a ^b Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.26
^ D. T. Potts (12 November 2015). The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-107-09469-7.
^ Elayi, Josette (15 February 2023). Esarhaddon, King of Assyria. Lockwood Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-957454-95-5.
^ Duruy, Victor (1884). History of Rome and of the Roman People from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire. D.Estes and C.E. Lauiat. p. 150.
^ Belliotti, Raymond Angelo (31 August 2015). Machiavelli's Secret: The Soul of the Statesman. SUNY Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4384-5721-5.