638 BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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638 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar638 BC
DCXXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita116
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 27
- PharaohPsamtik I, 27
Ancient Greek era35th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4113
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1230
Berber calendar313
Buddhist calendar−93
Burmese calendar−1275
Byzantine calendar4871–4872
Chinese calendar壬午年 (Water Horse)
2060 or 1853
    — to —
癸未年 (Water Goat)
2061 or 1854
Coptic calendar−921 – −920
Discordian calendar529
Ethiopian calendar−645 – −644
Hebrew calendar3123–3124
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−581 – −580
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2463–2464
Holocene calendar9363
Iranian calendar1259 BP – 1258 BP
Islamic calendar1298 BH – 1297 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1696
Minguo calendar2549 before ROC
民前2549年
Nanakshahi calendar−2105
Thai solar calendar−95 – −94
Tibetan calendar阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
−511 or −892 or −1664
    — to —
阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
−510 or −891 or −1663

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 . 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.