The year 702 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 52 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 702 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. Events King of Rome Numa Pompilius. Births Deaths Merodach Baladan, Babylonian ruler Shabaka, Kushite pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt References 700s BC