Theagenes becomes tyrant at Megara.
Kolaios of Samos reaches the Strait of Gibraltar.
King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste the country.
King Teispes dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of Anshan after being freed from Median supremacy.
Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet (approximate date)
Argaeus I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)
Teispes, son of Achaemenes and ancestor of Cyrus the Great
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