The year 638 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the
Roman Empire, it was known as year 116 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
'' . The denomination 638 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
Births
*
Solon, lawmaker of
Athens
Deaths
References
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