640 BC Chr.

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Events

Kylon from Athens becomes Olympic champion in Diaulos .
Ancus Marcius is elected King ( rex ) of Rome .

Born

around 640 BC Chr .: Solon , Athenian statesman and poet, one of the seven wise men of Greece († around 560 BC )

Died

Tullus Hostilius , legendary third king of Rome (* around 710 BC )