Editing 625 BC

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The year '''625 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 129 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 625 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==
* [[Cyaxares]] becomes king of the Medes (approximate date)
* [[Orientalizing period]] of vases ends in [[Ancient Greece]] (approximate date).
* A wine pitcher ([[oenochoe]]) from Rhodes is finished, having been begun in [[650 BC]].

==Deaths==
* [[Yuan Taotu]], diplomat of the Chinese state of [[Chen (state)|Chen]]

==References==
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