72

This article is about the year 72. For other uses, see 72 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC · 1st century · 2nd century
Decades:	40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s · 100s
Years:	69 · 70 · 71 · 72 · 73 · 74 · 75

72 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

72 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	72 LXXII
Ab urbe condita	825
Assyrian calendar	4822
Bengali calendar	−521
Berber calendar	1022
Buddhist calendar	616
Burmese calendar	−566
Byzantine calendar	5580–5581
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 2768 or 2708 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2769 or 2709
Coptic calendar	−212 – −211
Discordian calendar	1238
Ethiopian calendar	64–65
Hebrew calendar	3832–3833
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	128–129
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3172–3173
Holocene calendar	10072
Iranian calendar	550 BP – 549 BP
Islamic calendar	567 BH – 566 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	72 LXXII
Korean calendar	2405
Minguo calendar	1840 before ROC 民前1840年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1396
Seleucid era	383/384 AG
Thai solar calendar	614–615

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Year 72 (LXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 825 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 72 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.

Events

Antiochus IV of Syria is deposed by emperor Vespasian.
Vespasian and Titus are Roman Consuls.
First Jewish-Roman War: The Roman army (Legio X Fretensis) under Lucilius Bassus lays siege to the Jewish garrison of Machaerus at the Dead Sea. After they capitulate, the Zealots are allowed to leave the fortress before it is destroyed.
The Romans lay siege to Masada, a desert fortress held by Jewish victims of the Sicarii.
Flavia Neapolis (Nablus) is founded.
Vespasian starts the building of the Colosseum; the amphitheatre is used for gladiatorial games and public spectacles, such as sea battles, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas of Classical mythology.

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