678 BC

The year 678 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 76 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 678 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

 * Phraortes becomes king of the Medes (according to the chronology proposed by Igor Diakonoff)

Deaths

 * Min, Marquis of Jin
 * Duke Wu of Qin, ruler of the state of Qin
 * Perdiccas I of Macedon