title: 620 BC
text: # 620 BC
  
  The year 620 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 134 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 620 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
  
  * The Etruscans took over Rome.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Aesop, Greek fable writer (approximate date)
  * Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island
  * Chilon of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
  * Sappho, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island (approximate date)
  