140 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Ox辛丑( at the beginning of the year metal rat庚子)
Syria: 172/173 ( year in October )
Events
- The Syrian king Ptolemy VIII can be traced Jews.
- Simon the Maccabee is used for hereditary chief priests and rulers of the Jews.
- In the Spanish war include the Romans peace with Viriathus.
- The Parthians under Mithridates I conquered Mesopotamia and take the Seleucid Demetrius II prisoner.
Born
- Lucius Licinius Crassus, Roman politician ( † 91 BC)
- 140 BC: Laodice, regent of Pontos
- 140 BC: Salome Alexandra, Queen of Judea († 67 BC )
- 140 BC: The Quintus Mucius Scaevola, Roman politician ( † 82 BC )