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Year '''142 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Calvus and Servilianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 612 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 142 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Syria ====
* [[Diodotus Tryphon]] seizes the throne of the [[Seleucid Empire]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Morby |first=John |date=2014 |title=Seleucid Kingdom |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191780073.001.0001/acref-9780191780073-e-204 |encyclopedia=Dynasties of the World |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=23 December 2025 |edition=2nd |isbn=9780191780073}}</ref>

==== Judea ====
* [[Simon Maccabaeus]] succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of [[Judea]] until [[135 BC]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Rajak |first=Tessa |author-link=Tessa Rajak |date=2012 |title=Hasmoneans |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-294 |encyclopedia=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=22 December 2025 |edition=4th |isbn=9780191735257}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Ptolemy IX of Egypt|Ptolemy IX]], Egyptian pharaoh (d. [[81 BC]])

== References ==
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