660 BC
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- 660 BC: Byzantion ( Latinised Byzantium, now Istanbul ) is founded as a colony city Doric Greeks from Megara, Argos and Corinth.
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- Chionis of Sparta is Olympic winner of the stadium race and diaulos.
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- 660 BC