| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
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| Gregorian calendar | 173 CLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 926 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4923 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 94–95 |
| Bengali calendar | −420 |
| Berber calendar | 1123 |
| Buddhist calendar | 717 |
| Burmese calendar | −465 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5681–5682 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2869 or 2809 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2870 or 2810 |
| Coptic calendar | −111 – −110 |
| Discordian calendar | 1339 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 165–166 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3933–3934 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 229–230 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 94–95 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3273–3274 |
| Holocene calendar | 10173 |
| Iranian calendar | 449 BP – 448 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 463 BH – 462 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 49–50 |
| Julian calendar | 173 CLXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 2506 |
| Minguo calendar | 1739 before ROC 民前1739年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1295 |
| Seleucid era | 484/485 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 715–716 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 299 or −82 or −854 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 300 or −81 or −853 |
Year 173 (CLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Pompeianus (or, less frequently, year 926 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 173 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
By place
Roman Empire
- Gnaeus Claudius Severus and Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus become Roman Consuls.
- Given control of the Eastern Empire, Avidius Cassius, the governor of Syria, crushes an insurrection of shepherds known as the Boukoloi.
Births
- Maximinus Thrax ("the Thracian"), Roman emperor (d. 238)
- Mi Heng, Chinese writer and musician (d. 198)
Deaths
- Donatus of Muenstereifel, Roman soldier and martyr (b. AD 140)