140 BC
140 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sapiens and Caepio (or, less frequently, year 614 Ab urbe condita) and the First Year of Jianyuan. The denomination 140 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.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Gregorian calendar | 140 BC CXXXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 614 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 184 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 6 |
| Ancient Greek era | 160th Olympiad (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 | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2557 or 2497 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2558 or 2498 |
| 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 before ROC 民前2051年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1607 |
| Seleucid era | 172/173 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 403–404 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −13 or −394 or −1166 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) −12 or −393 or −1165 |
Events
Egypt
- Scipio Aemilianus leads a group of Roman ambassadors to Alexandria, where they meet with King Ptolemy VIII.
Judea
- Simon Maccabaeus crowned king of Judea.
Births
- Huo Qubing, Chinese general of the Han dynasty (d. 117 BC)
- Lucius Licinius Crassus, Roman consul and statesman (d. 91 BC)
- Su Wu, Chinese diplomat and statesman (d. 60 BC)[1]
- Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia (d. 55 BC)
Deaths
References
- Cranston, Edwin (1998). A Waka Anthology: The Gem-Glistening Cup. Stanford University Press. p. 243.
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