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640 BCE

King Teispes dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of Anshan after being freed from Median supremacy. The interregnum in Rome ends. Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth king of Rome. King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.

Conflict & Security

  • The interregnum in Rome ends. Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth king of Romesource
  • King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.source
  • Theagenes becomes tyrant at Megara.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Kolaios of Samos reaches the Strait of Gibraltar.source

Religion & Belief

  • Josiah, reigns as the sixteenth King of Judah (r. 640 - 609 BCE)source

Births

  • Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)source
  • Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • Teispes, son of Achaemenes and ancestor of Cyrus the Greatsource
  • Argaeus I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)source
  • King Teispes dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of Anshan after being freed from Median supremacy.source