What is 173?
{{Year nav|173}} {{Year in other calendars}} __NOTOC__ Year '''173''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CLXXIII]]''') was a common year starting on Thursday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * [[Gnaeus Claudius Severus]] and [[Claudius Pompeianus|Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus]] become [[Roman Consul]]s. * [[June 11]] &ndash; Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] begins a battle against the [[Quadi]]. * [[Avidius Cassius]], the governor of [[Syria]], stops shepherds known as the [[Dionysian Mysteries|boukoloi]]. == Births == * [[Maximinus Thrax]], [[Roman emperor]] (d. [[238]]) * [[Mi Heng]] (d. [[200]]) * [[Sun Ben]], nephew of [[Sun Jian]] (d. [[209]]) * [[Yuan Tan]], eldest son of [[Yuan Shao]] (d. [[205]]) == Deaths == * {{DEFAULTSORT:173}} [[Category:173| ]]