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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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==== Roman Republic ==== |
==== Roman Republic ==== |
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* [[Third Servile War]]: [[Spartacus]], a Thracian gladiator, escapes with around 70 [[Gladiator|slave-gladiator]]s from a gladiator school at [[Capua]]. They defeat a small Roman force of troops and equip themselves with captured military equipment. Spartacus and his band of gladiators plunders the region surrounding Capua and retires to a defensible position on [[Mount Vesuvius]].<ref>Appian, ''Civil Wars'', [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 1:116]; Florus, ''Epitome'', [[Wikisource:Epitome of Roman History/Book 2#8|2.8]]; - Florus and Appian make the claim that the slaves withdrew to Mount Vesuvius, while Plutarch only mentions "a hill" in the account of Glaber's siege of the slave's encampment.</ref> |
* [[Third Servile War]]: [[Spartacus]], a Thracian gladiator, escapes with around 70 [[Gladiator|slave-gladiator]]s from a gladiator school at [[Capua]]. They defeat a small Roman force of troops and equip themselves with captured military equipment. Spartacus and his band of gladiators plunders the region surrounding Capua and retires to a defensible position on [[Mount Vesuvius]].<ref>Appian, ''Civil Wars'', [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#116 1:116]; Florus, ''Epitome'', [[Wikisource:Epitome of Roman History/Book 2#8|2.8]]; - Florus and Appian make the claim that the slaves withdrew to Mount Vesuvius, while Plutarch only mentions "a hill" in the account of Glaber's siege of the slave's encampment.</ref> |
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* [[Battle of Mount Vesuvius]]: Spartacus defeats a Roman [[militia]] force of about 3,000 man under [[Gaius Claudius Glaber]]. The rebel slaves spent the winter of 73–72 BC training, arming and equipping their new recruits, and expanding their rading territory which include the towns of [[Nola]], [[Nocera Inferiore|Nuceria]], [[Thurii]] and [[Metapontum]]. |
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==== India ==== |
==== India ==== |
Revision as of 15:10, 8 January 2019
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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73 BC by topic |
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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
Roman Republic
- Third Servile War: Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator, escapes with around 70 slave-gladiators from a gladiator school at Capua. They defeat a small Roman force of troops and equip themselves with captured military equipment. Spartacus and his band of gladiators plunders the region surrounding Capua and retires to a defensible position on Mount Vesuvius.[1]
- Battle of Mount Vesuvius: Spartacus defeats a Roman militia force of about 3,000 man under Gaius Claudius Glaber. The rebel slaves spent the winter of 73–72 BC training, arming and equipping their new recruits, and expanding their rading territory which include the towns of Nola, Nuceria, Thurii and Metapontum.
India
- The Shunga Empire (an Indian dynasty from Magadha) comes to an end.
Births
- Herod the Great, client king of Judea (d. 4 BC)