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Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 142 (CXLII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Pactumeius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 895 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 142 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]Roman Empire
[edit | edit source]- Emperor Antoninus Pius orders the construction of the Antonine Wall. The wall stretches 39 miles (63 km), from Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire on the Firth of Clyde, to Carriden near Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth (Scotland). The Romans build 19 forts and smaller fortlets (milecastles), to protect the border against the Caledonians.
- Municipal doctors are named throughout the Roman Empire.
Asia
[edit | edit source]- First year of the Hanan era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- The Chinese Taoist alchemist Wei Boyang, author of the Kinship of the Three, is the first to describe an early form of gunpowder solution.
By topic
[edit | edit source]Religion
[edit | edit source]- Marcion proclaims that the Old Testament is incompatible with Christianity.
Births
[edit | edit source]- Papinian, Roman jurist and praetorian prefect (d. 212)
- Elpinice, Roman noblewoman (d. 165)[1]
- Liu Biao, Chinese governor (d. 208)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Pomeroy, Sarah B. (June 30, 2009). The Murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity. Harvard University Press. p. xii. ISBN 978-0-674-04220-9.