Editing 667 BC

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[[File:Coinage with Byzas 2nd 3rd century CE.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Coinage of [[Byzas]], founder of [[Byzantium]]]]

The year '''667 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 87 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 667 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 ====

* King [[Ashurbanipal]] of [[Assyria]] resumes his late father's attack on [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] (see [[671 BC]]), recapturing [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] and beginning an offensive into [[Upper Egypt]].

==== Asia Minor ====

* [[Byzantium]] (modern [[Istanbul]]) is founded by [[Megara]]n colonists under [[Byzas]].

==Births==

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==Deaths==

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==References==
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