Chronology 700–601 BCE

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THE SEVENTH CENTURY BCE (700 – 601 BCE)

700 BCE – 20TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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699 BCE
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698 BCE
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697 BCE
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696 BCE – 21ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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695 BCE
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694 BCE
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693 BCE
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692 BCE – 22ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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691 BCE
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690 BCE
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689 BCE
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688 BCE – 23RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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687 BCE
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686 BCE
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685 BCE
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684 BCE – 24TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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683 BCE
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682 BCE
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681 BCE
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680 BCE – 25TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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679 BCE
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678 BCE
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677 BCE
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676 BCE – 26TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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675 BCE
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674 BCE
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673 BCE
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672 BCE – 27TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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671 BCE
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670 BCE
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669 BCE
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668 BCE – 28TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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667 BCE
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666 BCE
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665 BCE
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664 BCE – 29TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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663 BCE
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662 BCE
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661 BCE
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660 BCE – 30TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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659 BCE
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658 BCE
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657 BCE
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656 BCE – 31ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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655 BCE
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654 BCE
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653 BCE
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652 BCE – 32ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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651 BCE
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650 BCE
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649 BCE
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648 BCE – 33RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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647 BCE
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646 BCE
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645 BCE
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644 BCE – 34TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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643 BCE
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642 BCE
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641 BCE
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640 BCE – 35TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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639 BCE
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638 BCE
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637 BCE
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636 BCE – 36TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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635 BCE
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634 BCE
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633 BCE
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632 BCE – 37TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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631 BCE
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630 BCE
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629 BCE
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628 BCE – 38TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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627 BCE
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626 BCE
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625 BCE
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624 BCE – 39TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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623 BCE
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622 BCE
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621 BCE
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620 BCE – 40TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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619 BCE
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618 BCE
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617 BCE
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616 BCE – 41ST OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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615 BCE
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614 BCE
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613 BCE
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612 BCE – 42ND OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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611 BCE
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610 BCE
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609 BCE
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608 BCE – 43RD OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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607 BCE
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606 BCE
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605 BCE
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604 BCE – 44TH OLYMPIAD (JULY/AUGUST)
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603 BCE
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602 BCE
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601 BCE
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NOTES

Unless otherwise indicated, Olympiad years and Athenian archons per Bickerman, E. J. Chronology of the Ancient World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968.

⟨W⟩ = Worthington, Ian. Philip II of Macedonia. 2008.