140 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	3rd centuryBC 2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC
Decades:	160sBC 150sBC 140sBC 130sBC 120sBC
Years:	143BC 142BC 141BC 140BC 139BC 138BC 137BC

140 BC in variouscalendars

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

By place

Africa

• Scipio Aemilianusleads a group of Roman ambassadors toAlexandria,where they meet with KingPtolemy VIII.

Judea

• Simon Maccabaeuscrowned king ofJudea.

Births

• 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)
• Tigranes the Great,king ofArmenia(d.55 BC)