# 638 BC

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The year **638 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). In the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire), it was known as **year 116 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***. The denomination 638 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Births

- [Solon](/source/Solon), lawmaker of [Athens](/source/Athens)

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