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Year '''73 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Lucullus and Longinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 681 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 73 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. |
Year '''73 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Lucullus and Longinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 681 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 73 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. |
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* Traditional date that [[Lud son of Heli|Lud]] became King of [[Great Britain|Britain]], according to [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]. |
* Traditional date that [[Lud son of Heli|Lud]] became King of [[Great Britain|Britain]], according to [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]. |
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* [[Third Servile War]] begins with [[gladiator]]s, led by the Thracian [[Spartacus]], breaking out of a gladiatorial training school in [[Capua]] and forming an army, made up of runaway [[slavery|slaves]] and others with little to lose. With some 70,000 men, Spartacus rampages throughout [[Campania]], assaulting the prosperous cities of [[Cumae]], [[Nola]] and [[Nuceria]]. |
* [[Third Servile War]] begins with [[gladiator]]s, led by the Thracian [[Spartacus]], breaking out of a gladiatorial training school in [[Capua]] and forming an army, made up of runaway [[slavery|slaves]] and others with little to lose. With some 70,000 men, Spartacus rampages throughout [[Campania]], assaulting the prosperous cities of [[Cumae]], [[Nola]] and [[Nuceria]]. |
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====India==== |
==== India ==== |
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* The [[Sunga Empire]] comes to an end. |
* The [[Sunga Empire]] comes to an end. |
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==Births== |
== Births == |
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* [[Herod the Great]] (d. [[4 BC]]) |
* [[Herod the Great]] (d. [[4 BC]]) |
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==Deaths== |
== Deaths == |
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* [[Heli, King of Britain]] |
* [[Heli, King of Britain]] |
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Revision as of 16:37, 1 February 2011
73 BC by topic |
Politics |
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Gregorian calendar | 73 BC LXXIII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 681 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 251 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy XII Auletes, 8 |
Ancient Greek era | 176th Olympiad, year 4 |
Assyrian calendar | 4678 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −665 |
Berber calendar | 878 |
Buddhist calendar | 472 |
Burmese calendar | −710 |
Byzantine calendar | 5436–5437 |
Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2625 or 2418 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2626 or 2419 |
Coptic calendar | −356 – −355 |
Discordian calendar | 1094 |
Ethiopian calendar | −80 – −79 |
Hebrew calendar | 3688–3689 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −16 – −15 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3028–3029 |
Holocene calendar | 9928 |
Iranian calendar | 694 BP – 693 BP |
Islamic calendar | 715 BH – 714 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2261 |
Minguo calendar | 1984 before ROC 民前1984年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1540 |
Seleucid era | 239/240 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 470–471 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 54 or −327 or −1099 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 55 or −326 or −1098 |
Year 73 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lucullus and Longinus (or, less frequently, year 681 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 73 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
British Isles
- Traditional date that Lud became King of Britain, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Roman Republic
- Third Servile War begins with gladiators, led by the Thracian Spartacus, breaking out of a gladiatorial training school in Capua and forming an army, made up of runaway slaves and others with little to lose. With some 70,000 men, Spartacus rampages throughout Campania, assaulting the prosperous cities of Cumae, Nola and Nuceria.
India
- The Sunga Empire comes to an end.
Births
- Herod the Great (d. 4 BC)