682 BC
# 682 BC

The year 682 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 72 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 682 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

### By place

**Middle East**

* Urtaki succeeds Shilnak-Inshushinak as the king of Elam.
* This is the last year of the reign of Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

## Deaths

* Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
