73 BC Chr.
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With the outbreak of several gladiators led by Spartacus , the Third Slave War begins for Rome . | |
73 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 471/472 (southern Buddhism); 470/471 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle , year of the earth-monkey 戊申 ( at the beginning of the year fire-sheep 丁未) |
Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 176th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3688/89 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXXXI (681) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 238/239; Syria: 239/240 |
Events
Roman Empire
- With the breakout of 78 gladiators from the gladiator school in Capua , the 3rd slave war begins (also known as the Spartacus uprising).
India
- The Shunga dynasty ends in northern India and the insignificant Kanva dynasty begins .
Born
- around 73 BC Chr .: Herod the Great , Roman vassal king over Israel († 4 BC )