The year 688 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 66 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 688 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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688 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar688 BC
DCLXXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita66
Ancient Egypt eraXXV dynasty, 65
- PharaohTaharqa, 3
Ancient Greek era23rd Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4063
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1280
Berber calendar263
Buddhist calendar−143
Burmese calendar−1325
Byzantine calendar4821–4822
Chinese calendar壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
2010 or 1803
    — to —
癸巳年 (Water Snake)
2011 or 1804
Coptic calendar−971 – −970
Discordian calendar479
Ethiopian calendar−695 – −694
Hebrew calendar3073–3074
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−631 – −630
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2413–2414
Holocene calendar9313
Iranian calendar1309 BP – 1308 BP
Islamic calendar1349 BH – 1348 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1646
Minguo calendar2599 before ROC
民前2599年
Nanakshahi calendar−2155
Thai solar calendar−145 – −144
Tibetan calendar阳水龙年
(male Water-Dragon)
−561 or −942 or −1714
    — to —
阴水蛇年
(female Water-Snake)
−560 or −941 or −1713
Olympia in ancient Greece (7th century BC)
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  1. ^ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 197