73 BC

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century

Decades: 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC

Years: 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC 74 BC - 73 BC - 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC

Events

• Third Servile War begins - Slave uprising under leadership of Spartacus begins in Italy.
• Traditional date that Lud became King of Britain, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth.

Births

Deaths

• Heli, King of the Britons.