620 BC

The year 620 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 134 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 620 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.

• Aesop, Greek fable writer (approximate date)
• Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island
• Chilon of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date)
• Sappho, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island^[1] (approximate date)