140 BC
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millenniumBC |
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140 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 140 BC CXL BC |
Ab urbe condita | 614 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIIIdynasty,184 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy VIII Physcon,6 |
Ancient Greek era | 160thOlympiad(victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4611 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −732 |
Berber calendar | 811 |
Buddhist calendar | 405 |
Burmese calendar | −777 |
Byzantine calendar | 5369–5370 |
Chinese calendar | Canh tửNiên (MetalRat) 2558 or 2351 — to — Tân sửu niên (MetalOx) 2559 or 2352 |
Coptic calendar | −423 – −422 |
Discordian calendar | 1027 |
Ethiopian calendar | −147 – −146 |
Hebrew calendar | 3621–3622 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | −83 – −82 |
-Shaka Samvat | N/A |
-Kali Yuga | 2961–2962 |
Holocene calendar | 9861 |
Iranian calendar | 761 BP – 760 BP |
Islamic calendar | 784 BH – 783 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2194 |
Minguo calendar | 2051 beforeROC Dân tiền 2051 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1607 |
Seleucid era | 172/173AG |
Thai solar calendar | 403–404 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương kim thử niên (male Iron-Rat) −13 or −394 or −1166 — to — Âm kim ngưu niên (female Iron-Ox) −12 or −393 or −1165 |
140 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Sapiens and Caepio(or, less frequently,year 614Ab urbe condita) and theFirst Year of Jianyuan.The denomination 140 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Africa
[edit]- Scipio Aemilianusleads a group of Roman ambassadors toAlexandria,where they meet with KingPtolemy VIII.
Judea
[edit]- Simon Maccabaeuscrowned king ofJudea.
Births
[edit]- Huo Qubing,Chinese general of theHan dynasty(d.117 BC)
- Lucius Licinius Crassus,Romanconsuland statesman (d.91 BC)
- Su Wu,Chinese diplomat and statesman (d.60 BC)[1]
- Tigranes the Great,king ofArmenia(d.55 BC)
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Cranston, Edwin (1998).A Waka Anthology: The Gem-Glistening Cup.Stanford University Press. p. 243.