AD 72

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AD 72 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar AD 72
LXXII
Ab urbe condita 825
Assyrian calendar 4822
Balinese saka calendar N/A
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 AD 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
Tibetan calendar 阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
198 or −183 or −955
     to 
阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
199 or −182 or −954

AD 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 Vespasian and Titus (or, less frequently, year 825 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination AD 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.

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References

  1. "Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Commagene". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved December 4, 2022.