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Year 139 (CXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Praesens (or, less frequently, year 892 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 139 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.

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Roman Empire

  • The Tomb of Hadrian in Rome is completed; emperor Antoninus Pius cremates the body of Hadrian and places his ashes together with that of his wife Vibia Sabina and his adopted son, Lucius Aelius, in the mausoleum.
  • Marcus Aurelius is named Caesar. He marries Faustina the Younger, daughter of Antoninus Pius.
  • Antoninus Augustus Pius and Gaius Bruttius Praesens become Roman Consuls.

    • Deaths

  • Zhang Heng, Chinese astronomer and mathematician (b. AD 78)

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