title: 682 BC
text: # 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.
  