172 BC

Also known as 172 BCE

year

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Part of: 170s BC
Followed by: 171 BC
Follows: 173 BC

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topic's main category: Category:172 BC
point in time: 0172-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:172 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:172 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 172 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laenas and Ligus. The denomination 172 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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