Year 617 (DCXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 617 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.

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617 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar617
DCXVII
Ab urbe condita1370
Armenian calendar66
ԹՎ ԿԶ
Assyrian calendar5367
Balinese saka calendar538–539
Bengali calendar24
Berber calendar1567
Buddhist calendar1161
Burmese calendar−21
Byzantine calendar6125–6126
Chinese calendar丙子年 (Fire Rat)
3314 or 3107
    — to —
丁丑年 (Fire Ox)
3315 or 3108
Coptic calendar333–334
Discordian calendar1783
Ethiopian calendar609–610
Hebrew calendar4377–4378
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat673–674
 - Shaka Samvat538–539
 - Kali Yuga3717–3718
Holocene calendar10617
Iranian calendar5 BP – 4 BP
Islamic calendar5 BH – 4 BH
Japanese calendarN/A
Javanese calendar507–508
Julian calendar617
DCXVII
Korean calendar2950
Minguo calendar1295 before ROC
民前1295年
Nanakshahi calendar−851
Seleucid era928/929 AG
Thai solar calendar1159–1160
Tibetan calendar阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
743 or 362 or −410
    — to —
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
744 or 363 or −409
The tomb of Wendelin of Trier (c. 554–617)

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References edit

  1. ^ Greatrex & Lieu 2002, p. 198.
  2. ^ Foss 1975, p. 724.
  3. ^ Fine 1991, p. 42.

Sources edit

  • Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
  • Foss, Clive (1975). "The Persians in Asia Minor and the end of antiquity". The English Historical Review. 90 (357): 721–747. doi:10.1093/ehr/XC.CCCLVII.721. JSTOR 567292.
  • Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-415-46530-4.