138 BC

February 2011 -138 138 __NOTOC__ Year 138 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Serapio and Callaicus (or, less frequently, year 616 Ab urbe condita) and the Third Year of Jianyuan. The denomination 138 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 Empire Tautalus surrenders to the Romans. Valencia in Spain is founded as a Roman colony. Asia Minor Attalus III succeeds Attalus II as Attalid king of Pergamon Egypt Galaestes revolts. Syria Antiochus VII expels Diodotus Tryphon. Tryphon sacks Beirut Parthia Phraates II becomes emperor of Parthia. China Grand Empress Dowager Dou, the grandmother of Emperor Wu of Han, purges the high administration of officials to consolidate her power. Among those dismissed are Prime Minister Dou Yong and her own half-brother, the General-in-Chief Tian Fen. Two of the young emperor's closest advisors, Zhao Wan and Wang Zang, are arrested and commit suicide.Hing Ming Hung The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty 2020 978-1628944167 123–124 Algora By topic Arts and sciences Hymn to Apollo is written and inscribed on stone in Delphi; it is the earliest surviving notated music, in a substantial and legible fragment, in the western world. Births Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and statesman (d. 78 BC)Marvin Perry et al., eds. Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society (Cengage Learning, 2008) p135 Phaedrus the Epicurean, Greek scholar and philosopher Deaths Attalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamon (b. 220 BC)February 27, 2024 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Attalus-II-Philadelphus Attalus II Philadelphus February 13, 2024 Encyclopædia Britannica Diodotus Tryphon, king of the Seleucid Empire Mithridates I, king of Parthia (b. c. 195 BC) References