701 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
Years:	704 BC 703 BC 702 BC 701 BC 700 BC 699 BC 698 BC

701 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	701 BC DCCI BC
Ab urbe condita	53
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 52
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 7
Ancient Greek era	19th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4050
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1293
Berber calendar	250
Buddhist calendar	−156
Burmese calendar	−1338
Byzantine calendar	4808–4809
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 1997 or 1790     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 1998 or 1791
Coptic calendar	−984 – −983
Discordian calendar	466
Ethiopian calendar	−708 – −707
Hebrew calendar	3060–3061
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−644 – −643
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2400–2401
Holocene calendar	9300
Iranian calendar	1322 BP – 1321 BP
Islamic calendar	1363 BH – 1362 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1633
Minguo calendar	2612 before ROC 民前2612年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2168
Thai solar calendar	−158 – −157
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) −574 or −955 or −1727     — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) −573 or −954 or −1726

The year 701 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 53 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 701 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 and trends

• King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many outlying towns and villages of the Kingdom of Judah, such as Tel Lachish, but the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem fails when 185,000 soldiers die overnight according to the Bible.