title: 680 BC
text: # 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)
  