The Roman province by that name had been on hiatus from 27 BC and re-established by Emperor Vespasian only in 72 AD.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( 1. 72. 5 ) cites Xenagoras, the second century BC historian, as claiming that Odysseus and Circe had three sons: Romus, Anteias, and Ardeias, who respectively founded three cities called by their names: Rome, Antium, and Ardea.

He suffered from kidney stones, to which he finally succumbed in 270 BC at the age of 72, and despite the prolonged pain involved, he wrote to Idomeneus:

* 72 BC – Crassus given special command of the war against Spartacus following the ignominious defeats of both consuls

* 1950 BC — The copper bar cubit of Nippur defines the Sumerian cubit as 51. 72 cm.

A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to Rome by Lucius Licinius Lucullus from northeastern Anatolia, modern day Turkey, also known as the Pontus region, in 72 BC.

Year 72 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

The denomination 72 BC 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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* Sertorius, Roman general ( d. 72 BC )

In 72 BC it was taken by Spartacus, and subjected to heavy contributions, but not otherwise injured.

Hesiod ( c. 700 BC ) described Eileithyia as a daughter of Hera by Zeus ( Theogony 921 )— and the Bibliotheca ( Roman-era ) and Diodorus Siculus ( c. 90 – 27 BC ) ( 5. 72. 5 ) agreed.

It was somewhere in the area around Nemossos where the Arverni chieftain Vercingetorix ( later to head a unified Gallic resistance to Roman invasion under Julius Caesar ) was born in around 72 BC.

But due to jealousies among the Roman officers who served under him and the Hispanians of higher rank who began to weaken his influence with the Lusitani tribes, he was assassinated at a banquet at Perpenna Vento's instigation in 72 BC.

Historians regret the loss of the work, as it must have thrown much light on a very eventful period, embracing the war against Sertorius ( died 72 BC ), the campaigns of Lucullus against Mithradates VI of Pontus ( 75-66 BC ), and the victories of Pompey in the East ( 66-62 BC ).

The Talmud ascribes the translation effort to Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( r. 285-246 BC ) who is said to have hired 72 Jewish scholars for the purpose, for which reason the translation is commonly known as the Septuagint, a name which it gained around AD 354-430, " the time of Augustine of Hippo ".

In 72 BC, Cato volunteered to fight in the war against Spartacus, presumably to support his brother Caepio, who was serving as a military tribune in the consular army of Lucius Gellius Poplicola.

* Julius Frontinus Stratagems, II 1. 14, 2. 4 ( Tigranocerta ), II 5. 30 ( Pontic assassination attempt 72 BC ), II 7. 8 ( Macedonian cavalry during Cabira campaign ), III 13. 6 ( swimming messenger at siege of Cyzicus )

* 82 / 72 BC – Sertorius, the last Marian general continues the civil war in Hispania

* Sertorian War ( 83 – 72 BC ), between Rome and the provinces of Hispania under the leadership of Quintus Sertorius, a supporter of Gaius Marius-Sullan victory.

The LAF consists of 72. 000 active personnel with the Land forces consisting of approximately 54. 000 troops, the air & air defense forces consisting of about 1. 000 personnel and another 1. 000 in the naval forces.

* January 24 – The Guinean government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the failed landing attempts in November 1970 ; 72 are sentenced to hard labor for life ; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.

Napoleon could muster some 72, 000 men and 157 guns for the impending battle, although about 7, 000 troops under Davout were still far to the south in the direction of Vienna.

* In the Lwów pogrom ( 1918 ), 72 Jews were killed and 443 injured by Polish troops, militia and civilians.

Archduke John was given 23, 000 troops and commanded to secure Tyrol while serving as a link between his brother, Charles, and his cousin, Ferdinand ; the latter's force of 72, 000, which was to invade Bavaria and hold the defensive line at Ulm, was effectively controlled by Mack.

The coins from Qumran of this period end with a peculiar series of bronze coins minted in 72 / 73 CE at Ascalon, which sent auxiliary troops to assist the Roman army in the First Jewish War ( 66-73 CE ).

When the main NLF operation began the next morning, the offensive was countrywide in scope and well coordinated, with more than 80, 000 communist troops striking more than 100 towns and cities, including 36 of 44 provincial capitals, five of the six autonomous cities, 72 of 245 district towns, and the southern capital.

On 23 September, the 316th towed 89 gliders to Overasselt, losing one plane, and on 26 September, 72 planes flew troops and supplies to the airstrip at Kecnt, near Grave.

In the van were Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee's Legion plus 73 infantry and 72 cavalry of South Carolina State troops under Lieutenant Colonel John Henderson and Captain Wade Hampton, respectively.

The transports carried 2190 troops, 72 M11 tanks, 232 vehicles, 10, 445 tons of supplies and 5720 tons of fuel.

In 1914 during the First Battle of the Marne, the French army advanced 72 pigeon lofts with the troops.

British troops used 72 million amphetamine tablets in the Second World War and the RAF got through so many that " Methedrine won the Battle of Britain " according to one report.

The Prussians held their ground long enough to allow Blücher's transfer of 72, 000 troops to Wellington ’ s aid at Waterloo.

* For only 72 hours have the Americano-British troops crossed the border of Kuwait.

In 72 BC the city was captured by the troops of the Roman Empire as part of the Roman expansion towards the Black Sea.

Using 300 double-tow glider sorties, a troop carrier group of 72 Curtiss C-46 Commandos, and three parallel ingress lanes, nearly 17, 000 troops were concentrated in the objective area in less than four hours, using 540 planeloads of paratroopers and 1, 348 gliders.

In the video, he reads aloud an order to withdraw troops from Iraq within 72 hours.

After the September 11 attacks in the United States, Pakistan joined the US-led War on Terror and helped the United States armed forces by severing ties with the Taliban and immediately deploying 72, 000 troops along Pakistan's western border to capture or kill Taliban and al-Qaida militants fleeing from Afghanistan.

Shortly after defeating the Jewish garrison of Herodium, the Roman legate Lucilius Bassus advanced on Machaerus with his troops and began siege in 72 AD.

In April 1756, Major Preble and his New England troops, on their return to Boston, raided a settlement near Port La Tour and captured 72 men, women and children.

The three ying were further divided into 72 wei, organised into five groups named Zhongjun ( centre ), Zuoyejun ( left middle ), Youyejun ( right middle ), Zuoshaojun ( left guard ), and Youshaojun ( right guard ); these were collectively known as the Wujunying (" five troops ").