142 BC
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NOTOC 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
By place
Syria
- Diodotus Tryphon seizes the throne of the Seleucid Empire.
Judea
- Simon Maccabaeus succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of Judea until 135 BC.
Births
- Ptolemy IX, Egyptian pharaoh (d. 81 BC)
References
References
- Morby, John. (2014). "Seleucid Kingdom". Oxford University Press.
- Rajak, Tessa. (2012). "Hasmoneans". Oxford University Press.
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