680 BC
# 680 BC

The year 680 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 74 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 680 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

**Europe**

* A meteorite hits the Estonian island of Saaremaa, forming the Kaali crater (approximate date).

### By topic

**Sports**

* Greece's games of the 25th Olympiad is held at Olympia with the first equestrian event. A four-horse chariot race is run at the nearby hippodrome, slaves driving the chariots in a fierce competition that not infrequently ends in death.

## Births

* Archilochus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)
