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[[File:Ancient stagira greece 01.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Remains of the [[Defensive wall|town wall]] of [[Stagira (ancient city)|Stagira]] ([[Greece]])]]

The year '''655 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 99 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 655 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 ==

===By place===

==== Egypt ====
* King [[Psamtik I]] marches into [[Philistia]] (south-western [[Levant]]) in pursuit of [[Assyria]]n forces as he consolidates his authority while avoiding territorial expansion.
 
==== Greece ====
* [[Stagira (ancient city)|Stagira]] on the [[Chalkidiki]] peninsula is founded by [[Ionia]]n settlers from [[Andros]].<ref name="travel-to-halkidiki.com">http://www.travel-to-halkidiki.com/place.hph?id-15{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Births ==

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== Deaths ==

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