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Year '''173 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Egypt ====
* [[Ptolemy VI Philometor]] marries his sister, [[Cleopatra II of Egypt|Cleopatra II]].

====Roman Republic====
* Dedication of the [[Temple of Fortuna Equestris]].<ref>{{cite book | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | title=The Ancient Roman City | year=1988 | place=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | page=30 | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>

==== Seleucid Empire ====
* [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes|Antiochus IV]] pays the remainder of the war [[indemnity]] that has been imposed by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] on [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]] in the [[Treaty of Apamea]] ([[188 BC]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Antiochus V Eupator]], ruler of the [[Seleucid Empire]] from [[164 BC]] (d. [[162 BC]])
* [[Empress Wang Zhi|Wang Zhi]], Chinese empress of the [[Han dynasty]] (d. [[126 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 199 BC)|Lucius Cornelius Lentulus]], Roman consul and general 

== References ==
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