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The year '''638 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 116 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 638 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==
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==Births==
*[[Solon]], lawmaker of [[Athens]]
==Deaths==
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