72 BC

Centuries:	2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century
Decades:	100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC
Years:	75 BC 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC

**72 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	72 BC
Ab urbe condita	682
Armenian calendar	N/A
Chinese calendar	2565/2625 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2566/2626 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Ethiopian calendar	-79 – -78
Hebrew calendar	3689 – 3690
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-16 – -15
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3030 – 3031
Iranian calendar	693 BP – 692 BP
Islamic calendar	715 BH – 714 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 589 (皇紀589年)
- Jōmon Era	9929
Thai solar calendar	472

[edit] Events

Battle of Cabira - Lucius Lucullus defeats Mithridates, overruns Pontus. Mithridates fled to Armenia, rules by his son-in-law Tigranes, who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to Lucius Lucullus.
Quintus Sertorius was assassinated by his subordinate, Marcus Perperna, who was in turn defeated by Cnaeus Pompeius, thus ending the Sertorian War in Spain.