72 BC
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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 72 BC LXXI 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) 2625 or 2565 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2626 or 2566 |
| 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 |
Events
Roman Republic
- Third Servile War: Spartacus moves with his followers northward to the Po Valley. 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]
- Summer – Spartacus and his followers defeats the Roman forces under Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus and Gellius, forcing the Roman legions to retreat in disarray. Both consuls are recalled to Rome in disgrace and relieved of their duties.[2]
- Spartacus moves north again, to cross the Alps into Gaul and then to Thracia. Outside Mutina on the plain of the River Po he defeats the Roman forces under Gaius Cassius Longinus, governor of Gallia Cisalpina.
- Autumn – Spartacus and his followers withdraw to the Bruttium peninsula. At one juncture he contemplates attacking Rome – but moves south. The Senate sends Marcus Licinius Crassus against Spartacus.[3]
- Winter – Spartacus decides to camp near Thurii. Marcus Licinius Crassus with 10 Roman legions tries to trap the rebels in the toe of Italy. He builds a trench and a low earth rampart (with a fortified palisade).
- Battle of Cabira: Lucius Lucullus defeats King Mithridates VI and overruns Pontus. Mithridates flees 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 Vento, 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
References
- Appian, Civil Wars, 1.117; Plutarch, Crassus 9:7; Livy, Periochae 96. Livy reports that troops under the (former) praetor Quintus Arrius killed Crixus and 20,000 of his followers.
- Nic Fields (2009). Spartacus and the Slave War 73–71 BC: A gladiator rebels against Rome, p. 62. ISBN 978-1-84603-353-7.
- Shaw, Brent D (2001). Spartacus and the Slave Wars. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, pp 178–79.
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