273

Year 273 (CCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tacitus and Placidianus (or, less frequently, year 1026 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 273 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. The year also saw most lost territories to rebellion returned to the Roman Empire by Emperor Aurelian.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	250s 260s 270s 280s 290s
Years:	270 271 272 273 274 275 276

273 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	273 CCLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1026
Assyrian calendar	5023
Balinese saka calendar	194–195
Bengali calendar	−320
Berber calendar	1223
Buddhist calendar	817
Burmese calendar	−365
Byzantine calendar	5781–5782
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2969 or 2909     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2970 or 2910
Coptic calendar	−11 – −10
Discordian calendar	1439
Ethiopian calendar	265–266
Hebrew calendar	4033–4034
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	329–330
- Shaka Samvat	194–195
- Kali Yuga	3373–3374
Holocene calendar	10273
Iranian calendar	349 BP – 348 BP
Islamic calendar	360 BH – 359 BH
Javanese calendar	152–153
Julian calendar	273 CCLXXIII
Korean calendar	2606
Minguo calendar	1639 before ROC 民前1639年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1195
Seleucid era	584/585 AG
Thai solar calendar	815–816
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 399 or 18 or −754     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 400 or 19 or −753

King Bahram I of Persia

Events

Roman Empire

• Emperor Aurelian sacks the city of Palmyra for a second time after putting down a new revolt.
• The kingdom of Palmyra is reunited with the Roman Empire.
• Aurelian refuses to wear the imperial crown and coat.
• Marcus Claudius Tacitus, future Roman Emperor, is consul in Rome.
• Tetricus I and Tetricus II are deposed as Gallic Emperors by Aurelian.
• Administrative reorganization of Italy: Aurelian adopts, as permanent, the reforms instituted by Caracalla.
• Aurelian increases Rome's daily bread ration to nearly 1.5 pounds and adds pig fat to the list of foods distributed free to the populace.
• Cassius Longinus, counselor of Queen Zenobia, is executed by the Romans for conspiring against Aurelian.
• An Indian delegation visits Aurelian.

Persia

• King Hormizd I of Persia dies after a brief reign in which he has shown tolerance toward the ascetic, anti-materialist Manichean faith. He is succeeded by his brother Bahram I, who has been governing the province of Atropatene.

Deaths

• Cassius Longinus, Greek philosopher
• Dexippus, Greek historian
• Hormizd I, king of Persia
• Wei Zhao, Chinese historian and scholar (b. 204)
• Emperor Wu of Jin, first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 236)

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