718 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC
Years:	721 BC 720 BC 719 BC 718 BC 717 BC 716 BC 715 BC

718 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	718 BC DCCXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	36
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 35
- Pharaoh	Shabaka, 4
Ancient Greek era	15th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4033
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1310
Berber calendar	233
Buddhist calendar	−173
Burmese calendar	−1355
Byzantine calendar	4791–4792
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 1980 or 1773     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 1981 or 1774
Coptic calendar	−1001 – −1000
Discordian calendar	449
Ethiopian calendar	−725 – −724
Hebrew calendar	3043–3044
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−661 – −660
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2383–2384
Holocene calendar	9283
Iranian calendar	1339 BP – 1338 BP
Islamic calendar	1380 BH – 1379 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1616
Minguo calendar	2629 before ROC 民前2629年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2185
Thai solar calendar	−175 – −174
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) −591 or −972 or −1744     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) −590 or −971 or −1743

The year 718 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 36 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 718 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

• Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.