173 BC
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Year 173 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Laenas (or, less frequently, year 581 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 173 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.
Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Parthian Empire
[edit | edit source]- The first known session of the Mahestan (a noble advisory council consisting of Zoroastrian priests and aristocrats) is believed to have taken place during Nowruz (the Persian New Year) in this year, under the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia. This council later played a key role in advising the king and, at times, selecting or deposing monarchs.[1]
Egypt
[edit | edit source]- Ptolemy VI Philometor marries his sister, Cleopatra II.
Roman Republic
[edit | edit source]- Dedication of the Temple of Fortuna Equestris.[2]
Seleucid Empire
[edit | edit source]- Antiochus IV pays the remainder of the war indemnity that has been imposed by the Romans on Antiochus III in the Treaty of Apamea (188 BC).
Births
[edit | edit source]- Antiochus V Eupator, ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 164 BC (d. 162 BC)
- Wang Zhi, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (d. 126 BC)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, Roman consul and general
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Fundamentals of the Parthian Statehood". Parthava. May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ↑ Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-8018-3574-7.