140s BC

This article concerns the period 149 BC – 140 BC.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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  • Births
  • Deaths
  • Establishments

Events

149 BC

By place

Roman Republic
  • The Third Punic War begins.[1] The Romans land an army in Africa to begin the Battle of Carthage.
  • Servius Sulpicius Galba is prosecuted for corruption while serving in Spain, but is acquitted after he parades his weeping family members before the tribunal.
  • Lucius Calpurnius Piso passes the lex Calpurnia de repetundis which establishes the first permanent criminal court in Rome.
  • The turmoil in Spain escalates again with the renewal of the Lusitanian War, under the leadership of Viriathus, and the Celtiberian War.
Macedon
  • Andriscus, the last king of Macedon, ascends to the throne.[2]
Bithynia
  • With Roman help, Nicomedes II overthrows his father Prusias II as king of Bithynia.

148 BC

By place

Ireland
Roman Republic

147 BC

By place

Ireland
  • Corlea Trackway completed.
Roman Republic
Syria
Greece

146 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Africa
Greece
  • Battle of Scarpheia: The Romans led by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeat an Achaean League force under Critolaus
  • Battle of Corinth: The Romans under Lucius Mummius defeat the Achaean League near Corinth. Corinth is destroyed, and the Achaean League dissolved.

By topic

Astronomy

145 BC

By place

Syria
  • In the Battle of Antioch, Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats the Seleucid usurper Alexander Balas, but dies in the battle.
Egypt
  • Ptolemy VII becomes king of Egypt briefly, then is assassinated by Ptolemy VIII the following year.[3]

By topic

Astronomy

144 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Parthia

143 BC

By place

Roman Republic
  • The Celtiberian War ends when Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus crushes the rebels.

142 BC

By place

Syria
Roman Republic
  • The first stone bridge over the Tiber river is completed.
Judea
  • Simon Maccabaeus succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of Judea until 135 BC.

141 BC

By place

Syria and Judea
Bactria
China

140 BC

By place

Africa
Judea
  • Simon Maccabaeus crowned king of Judea.

Births

145 BC

143 BC

  • Marcus Antonius, Roman politician and orator (d. 87 BC)

142 BC

  • Ptolemy IX, Egyptian pharaoh (d. 81 BC)

141 BC

140 BC

Deaths

149 BC

148 BC

147 BC

146 BC

  • Critolaus, general of the Achaean League
  • Gentius, the last king of Illyria (approximate date)

145 BC

  • Alexander Balas (assassinated)
  • Ptolemy VI of Egypt (killed in battle) (b. c. 186 BC)

144 BC

143 BC

141 BC

  • Jing of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (b. 188 BC)[7]
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, Roman statesman

References

  1. Hooker, Richard (6 June 1999). "Rome: The Punic Wars". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  2. "Fourth Macedonian War". Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. "Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator | king of Egypt". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "Sima Qian - China culture". Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  5. Cranston, Edwin (1998). A Waka Anthology: The Gem-Glistening Cup. Stanford University Press. p. 243.
  6. "Cato the Elder". Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  7. GOLDIN, PAUL R. (2012). "Han Law and the Regulation of Interpersonal Relations: "The Confucianization of the Law" Revisited". Asia Major. 25 (1): 1–31. ISSN 0004-4482.
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