716 BC

The year 716 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 38 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 716 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
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC
Years:	719 BC 718 BC 717 BC 716 BC 715 BC 714 BC 713 BC

716 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	716 BC DCCXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	38
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 37
- Pharaoh	Shabaka, 6
Ancient Greek era	16th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4035
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1308
Berber calendar	235
Buddhist calendar	−171
Burmese calendar	−1353
Byzantine calendar	4793–4794
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 1982 or 1775     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 1983 or 1776
Coptic calendar	−999 – −998
Discordian calendar	451
Ethiopian calendar	−723 – −722
Hebrew calendar	3045–3046
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−659 – −658
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2385–2386
Holocene calendar	9285
Iranian calendar	1337 BP – 1336 BP
Islamic calendar	1378 BH – 1377 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1618
Minguo calendar	2627 before ROC 民前2627年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2183
Thai solar calendar	−173 – −172
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −589 or −970 or −1742     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −588 or −969 or −1741

Events and trends

• Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
• The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established (or 717 BC).

Deaths

• Ahaz, king of Judah (or 715 BC)