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* [[Third Servile War]]: [[Spartacus]] moves with the escaped slaves northwards towards [[Cisalpine Gaul]]. Roman forces under [[Lucius Gellius Publicola (consul 72 BC)|Lucius Gellius Publicola]] defeat a group of slaves (30,000 men) led by [[Crixus]] near [[Gargano|Mount Gargano]]. He kills two-thirds of the rebels, including Crixus himself.<ref>Appian, ''Civil Wars'', [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#117 1.117]; Plutarch, ''Crassus'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Crassus*.html#9.7 9:7]; Livy, ''Periochae'' [http://www.livius.org/li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae096/.html#96 96]. Livy reports that troops under the (former) praetor Quintus Arrius killed Crixus and 20,000 of his followers.</ref> |
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* [[Battle of Cabira]]: [[Lucius Lucullus]] defeats [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]] and overruns [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]]. Mithridates fled to [[Armenia]], ruled by his son-in-law [[Tigranes]], who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to Lucius Lucullus. |
* [[Battle of Cabira]]: [[Lucius Lucullus]] defeats [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]] and overruns [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]]. Mithridates fled to [[Armenia]], ruled by his son-in-law [[Tigranes]], who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to Lucius Lucullus. |
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* [[Quintus Sertorius]] is assassinated by his subordinate, [[Marcus Perperna]], who is in turn defeated by [[Pompey|Gnaeus Pompeius]], thus ending the [[Sertorian War]] in [[Spain]]. |
* [[Quintus Sertorius]] is assassinated by his subordinate, [[Marcus Perperna]], who is in turn defeated by [[Pompey|Gnaeus Pompeius]], thus ending the [[Sertorian War]] in [[Spain]]. |
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* The [[Suebi]] and other tribes under King [[Ariovistus]] invade [[Gaul]]. |
* The [[Suebi]] and other tribes under King [[Ariovistus]] invade [[Gaul]]. |
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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72 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 72 BC LXXII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 682 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 252 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy XII Auletes, 9 |
Ancient Greek era | 177th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4679 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −664 |
Berber calendar | 879 |
Buddhist calendar | 473 |
Burmese calendar | −709 |
Byzantine calendar | 5437–5438 |
Chinese calendar | 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2626 or 2419 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2627 or 2420 |
Coptic calendar | −355 – −354 |
Discordian calendar | 1095 |
Ethiopian calendar | −79 – −78 |
Hebrew calendar | 3689–3690 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −15 – −14 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3029–3030 |
Holocene calendar | 9929 |
Iranian calendar | 693 BP – 692 BP |
Islamic calendar | 714 BH – 713 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2262 |
Minguo calendar | 1983 before ROC 民前1983年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1539 |
Seleucid era | 240/241 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 471–472 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 55 or −326 or −1098 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 56 or −325 or −1097 |
Year 72 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Publicola and Lentulus (or, less frequently, year 682 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 72 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
By place
Roman Republic
- Third Servile War: Spartacus moves with the escaped slaves northwards towards Cisalpine Gaul. Roman forces under Lucius Gellius Publicola defeat a group of slaves (30,000 men) led by Crixus near Mount Gargano. He kills two-thirds of the rebels, including Crixus himself.[1]
- Battle of Cabira: Lucius Lucullus defeats Mithridates VI of Pontus and overruns Pontus. Mithridates fled to Armenia, ruled by his son-in-law Tigranes, who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to Lucius Lucullus.
- Quintus Sertorius is assassinated by his subordinate, Marcus Perperna, who is in turn defeated by Gnaeus Pompeius, thus ending the Sertorian War in Spain.
Europe
- The Suebi and other tribes under King Ariovistus invade Gaul.
Births
- Vercingetorix, Gaulish king and chieftain (d. 46 BC)
Deaths
- Crixus, Gaulish gladiator and military leader
- Marcus Perperna Vento, Roman statesman
- Quintus Sertorius, Roman statesman and general