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

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC; 1st century BC ; 1st century;
Decades:	90s BC; 80s BC; 70s BC ; 60s BC; 50s BC;
Years:	75 BC; 74 BC; 73 BC; 72 BC ; 71 BC; 70 BC; 69 BC;

Map of Spartacus's movements of 72 BC, according to Appian's version.

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

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