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Centuries:	1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades:	40s  50s  60s  - 70s -  80s  90s  100s
Years:	70  71  72  - 73 -  74  75  76

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Year 73 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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[edit] Roman Empire

• The Romans capture Masada, one of the last battles of the First Jewish-Roman War. Surviving defenders commit mass suicide when defeat becomes imminent.
• Pliny the Elder serves as procurator in Hispania Tarraconensis.
• Domitian is a Roman Consul.
• Vespasian begins conquest of territory east of the upper Rhine and south of the Main. In addition, he reorganizes the defenses of the upper and lower Danube.

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• February — the Chinese Han Dynasty launches a major campaign against the Xiongnu, whom they confront in the Battle of Yiwulu in the Kumul oasis, an ultimate Han military victory led by General Dou Gu (d. 88).
• Ban Chao (Pan-Tch’ao), competing with the Xiongnu, imposes a Chinese protectorate on the kings of Lop Nor and Khotan in the Tarim basin, with the aim of controlling the silk trade.

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• Martial writes a satire on "military cowardice".

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Year 73 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar   73 (LXXIII ) Ab urbe condita      826 Armenian calendar N/A Bahá'í calendar    -1771 – -1770 Berber calendar    1023 Buddhist calendar    617 Burmese calendar    -565 Chinese calendar      2709/2769-12-4 (壬申年十二月初四日)               — to —      2710/2770-11-13 (癸酉年十一月十三日) Coptic calendar    -211 – -210 Ethiopian calendar    65 – 66 Hebrew calendar    3833 – 3834	Hindu calendars   - Vikram Samvat    128 – 129   - Shaka Samvat     N/A   - Kali Yuga             3174 – 3175 Holocene calendar    10073 Iranian calendar      549 BP – 548 BP Islamic calendar      566 BH – 565 BH Japanese calendar - - Imperial Year:   Kōki   733 (皇紀733年) Julian calendar      118 Korean calendar    2406 Thai solar calendar    616
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