710s BC

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Events and trends

• Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria.
• 719 BC — Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
• 718 BC — Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.
• 717 BC — Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish.
• 717 BC — Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
• 717 BC – 716 BC—Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeated the pharaoh.
• 717 BC — Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts.
• 715 BC — Interregnum ends. Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius.
• c. 715 BC — Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends.
• 713 BC — Numa Pompilius reforms the Roman calendar.
• 712 BC — Numa Pompilius creates the office of Pontifex Maximus.
• c. 710 BC — Medes is united.

Significant people

• 716 BC—Piye dies.
• 715 BC—Osorkon IV dies, ending the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
• 713 BC—Birth of semi-legendary Zalmoxis in Dacia.