142 BC

December 2025 February 2011 -142 142 __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.Morby John 2014 Seleucid Kingdom https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191780073.001.0001/acref-9780191780073-e-204 Dynasties of the World Oxford University Press 23 December 2025 2nd 9780191780073 Judea Simon Maccabaeus succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of Judea until 135 BC.Rajak Tessa Tessa Rajak 2012 Hasmoneans https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-294 The Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford University Press 22 December 2025 4th 9780191735257 Births Ptolemy IX, Egyptian pharaoh (d. 81 BC) References Category:140s BC Category:Years of the 2nd century BC