144 BC

February 2011 February 2024 -144 144 __NOTOC__ Year 144 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Galba and Cotta (or, less frequently, year 610 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 144 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 Quintus Marcius Rex starts construction of the Aqua Marcia aqueduct in Rome.John E. Stambaugh The Ancient Roman City 1988 Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 30 0-8018-3574-7 Parthia Parthians take Babylonia. Births Deaths Liu Wu (a.k.a. Prince Xiao of Liang), Chinese prince of the Han dynasty References