72 BC

72 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	72 BC; LXXII 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); 2626 or 2419; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 2627 or 2420
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

250 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	250 BC; CCL BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34
Ancient Greek era	132nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4501
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−842
Berber calendar	701
Buddhist calendar	295
Burmese calendar	−887
Byzantine calendar	5259–5260
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog); 2448 or 2241; — to —; 辛亥年 (Metal Pig); 2449 or 2242
Coptic calendar	−533 – −532
Discordian calendar	917
Ethiopian calendar	−257 – −256
Hebrew calendar	3511–3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−193 – −192
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2851–2852
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2084
Minguo calendar	2161 before ROC; 民前2161年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1717
Seleucid era	62/63 AG
Thai solar calendar	293–294
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年; (male Iron-Dog); −123 or −504 or −1276; — to —; 阴金猪年; (female Iron-Pig); −122 or −503 or −1275

Year 72 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

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.