The year 678 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 76 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 678 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
678 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar678 BC
DCLXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita76
Ancient Egypt eraXXV dynasty, 75
- PharaohTaharqa, 13
Ancient Greek era25th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4073
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1270
Berber calendar273
Buddhist calendar−133
Burmese calendar−1315
Byzantine calendar4831–4832
Chinese calendar壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2020 or 1813
    — to —
癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
2021 or 1814
Coptic calendar−961 – −960
Discordian calendar489
Ethiopian calendar−685 – −684
Hebrew calendar3083–3084
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−621 – −620
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2423–2424
Holocene calendar9323
Iranian calendar1299 BP – 1298 BP
Islamic calendar1339 BH – 1338 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1656
Minguo calendar2589 before ROC
民前2589年
Nanakshahi calendar−2145
Thai solar calendar−135 – −134
Tibetan calendar阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
−551 or −932 or −1704
    — to —
阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
−550 or −931 or −1703

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  • Phraortes becomes king of the Medes (according to the chronology proposed by Igor Diakonoff)

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