717 BCE 717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish. 717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin. 717 BC—Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts.
In the 710s BC , the 8th century BC .
717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish.source 717 BC—Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts.source c. 717 BC—The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established.source 717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.source Nearby 721 BCE–712 BCE 4 of 4 sourced entries shown. Every line above is quoted from the revision linked beside it, which is 710s BC on English Wikipedia, revision 1368385620, retrieved 2026-09-06. Nothing on this page is written by us and nothing is generated: the sentences are the source’s own, so a claim you doubt can be checked against the exact revision it came from. Text is reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 .