What happened in 73 BC?
10 recorded events in 73 BC, including 6 in wars & conflicts and 4 in people.
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Wars & Conflicts 6
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Third Servile War
Major slave rebellion against the Roman Republic (73-71 BCE)
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Third Mithridatic War
War between Pontus and its allies and the Roman Republic
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Siege of Cyzicus
Battle of the Third Mithridatic War
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Battle of the Rhyndacus
During the Third Mithridatic War between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Romans under Lucullus
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Battle of Tenedos
73 BCE battle between the fleets of Rome and Pontus in the Third Mithridatic War
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Siege of Amisus
72 BCE siege
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People 4
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Gaius Claudius Glaber died
1st century BC Roman military commander
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Gaius Aurelius Cotta died
Roman consul ca. 75 BCE; mentioned as an orator by Cicero
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Li Ling died
Han Dynasty general, who served under the reign of Emperor Wu and later defected to the Xiongnu
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Lucius Cossinius died
Lucius Cossinius (Historical Figures).
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