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140 BC

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Year 140 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sapiens and Caepio (or, less frequently, year 614 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 140 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.

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Egypt

  • Scipio Aemilianus leads a group of Roman ambassadors to Alexandria, where they meet with Ptolemy VIII.

    • Judea

  • Simon Maccabaeus crowned king of Judea.

    • Births

  • Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman senator and father of Julius Caesar (approximate date) (d. 85 BC)
  • Huo Qubing, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty (d. 117 BC)
  • Lucius Licinius Crassus, Roman consul (d. 91 BC)
  • Su Wu (d. 60 BC)

    • References

    140 BC Wikipedia
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