72 BC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 72 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 682 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1915 – -1914 |
| Buddhist calendar | 473 |
| 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 |
| Holocene calendar | 9929 |
| Iranian calendar | 693 BP – 692 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 714 BH – 713 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 589 (皇紀589年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9929 |
| Julian calendar | -26 |
| Korean calendar | 2262 |
| Thai solar calendar | 472 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- 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.
[edit] Gaul
- The Helvetii and other peoples under Ariovistus invade Gaul.
[edit] Births
- Vercingetorix, Gallian chief.
[edit] Deaths
- Quintus Sertorius (assassinated)
