// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was 677 BC a bad year? It was a dark age.

677 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	677 BC DCLXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	77
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 76
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 14
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)	25th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4074
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1270 – −1269
Berber calendar	274
Buddhist calendar	−132
Burmese calendar	−1314
Byzantine calendar	4832–4833
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2021 or 1814     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2022 or 1815
Coptic calendar	−960 – −959
Discordian calendar	490
Ethiopian calendar	−684 – −683
Hebrew calendar	3084–3085
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−620 – −619
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2424–2425
Holocene calendar	9324
Iranian calendar	1298 BP – 1297 BP
Islamic calendar	1338 BH – 1337 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1657
Minguo calendar	2588 before ROC 民前2588年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2144
Thai solar calendar	−134 – −133
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) −550 or −931 or −1703     — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dragon) −549 or −930 or −1702

The year 677 BC, also known as 677 BCE, was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 77 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 677 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

• Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes and advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.
• From this year to 676 BC, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, forced Tyre into tribute after campaigning in Khor and destroying Sidon in 679 BC.

Deaths

• King Xi of Zhou, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• Abdi-Milkutti, king of Sidon
• King Wen of Chu
• Duke Wu of Jin