142 BC
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Year 142 BC was a year of the 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
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Syria
[edit | edit source]- Diodotus Tryphon seizes the throne of the Seleucid Empire.[1]
Judea
[edit | edit source]- Simon Maccabaeus succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of Judea until 135 BC.[2]
Births
[edit | edit source]- Ptolemy IX, Egyptian pharaoh (d. 81 BC)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Morby, John (2014). "Seleucid Kingdom". Dynasties of the World (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191780073. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ↑ Rajak, Tessa (2012). "Hasmoneans". The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191735257. Retrieved December 22, 2025.