143 BC

February 2011 -143 143 __NOTOC__ Year 143 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Macedonicus (or, less frequently, year 611 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 143 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 Roman Republic The Celtiberian War ends when Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus crushes the rebels.Badian Ernst Ernst Badian 2012 Caecilius (RE 94) Metellus Macedonicus, Quintus https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-1226 The Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford University Press 23 December 2025 4th 9780191735257 Births Marcus Antonius, Roman politician and orator (d. 87 BC)Howatson M. C. 2011 Anto'nius, Marcus https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199548545.001.0001/acref-9780199548545-e-0248 The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature Oxford University Press 23 December 2025 3rd 9780191739422 Deaths Jonathan Maccabaeus, Jewish leader of the MaccabeesDecember 2025 Zhou Yafu, Chinese general of the Han DynastyKlein Esther Sunkyung 2014 Lǐ Guǎng https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780190214371.001.0001/acref-9780190214371-e-52 The Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Berkshire Publishing Group 23 December 2025 Brown Kerry Kerry Brown (historian) 9780190214371 References