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The Third Punic War begins. [1] The Romans land an army in Africa to begin the Battle of Carthage. Servius Sulpicius Galba is prosecuted for corruption while serving in Spain, but is acquitted after he parades his weeping family members before the tribunal.
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Roman Republic. The Third Punic War begins. The Romans land an army in Africa to begin the Battle of Carthage. Servius Sulpicius Galba is prosecuted for corruption while serving in Spain, but is acquitted after he parades his weeping family members before the tribunal.
140s BC deaths (8 C, 9 P) E. 140s BC establishments (10 P) Pages in category "140s BC" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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) and the First Year of Jianyuan.
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1. The Kingdom of Pergamon becomes the Roman Province of Asia upon the defeat of Aristonicus, pretender to the Attalid throne, by M. Perperna. 2. C. Sempronius Tuditanus celebrates his triumph over the Iapydes of Illyria. 3. Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthageis possibly assassinated by his enemies in Rome. 1. Battle of Ecbatana: the Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes is defeated and killed by the Parthians under Phraates II, ending Seleucid control over Media or Mesopotamia. 2. Having bee...
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1. Hipparchus publishes his catalog of stars. 2. Total solar eclipse, used by Hipparchus to estimate distance to the Moon.
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1. Cn. Octavius and T. Annius Rufus are this year's consuls 1. The Greco-Bactrian kingdomis overrun by the Tokhari. 1. Artabanus II becomes king of Parthia(approximate date) 1. In response to Hanincursions, in 128 or 127 the Xiongnu invade northern China. They kill the governor of Liaoxi, defeat the governor of Yuyang, capture 2000 of the inhabitants of Liaoxi and Yuyang and defeat the Han general Han Anguo. Han Anguo and his cavalry force are surrounded in their camp but the arrival of relie...
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1. Limenius composes the Second Delphic Hymn.
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1. The Scythians defeat the Parthians in a battle around Media. 1. January: Emperor Wu of Han begins a policy of pressuring the client kings of the Han dynasty into dividing their kingdoms. Previously, only the eldest son would inherit a kingdom. However, in an edict, Wu permits the kings of Liang and Chengyangto divide the land of their states and distribute the land to their younger brothers. Wu grants these brothers titles and promises to do the same if other kings grant land to younger br...
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1. Tyre successfully revolts from the Seleucid Empire. 2. Seleucus V Philometor succeeds his father Demetrius II as king of the Seleucid Empire. Due to his youth, his stepmother Cleopatra Theaacts as regent. 1. Winter 127/6: The Xiongnu ruler Junchen Chanyu dies, and his younger brother Yizhixie, the Luli King of the Left (East), overthrows Junchen's son Yudan and sets himself up as the new Chanyu. Yudan flees to the Han and dies a few months later. 1. Summer: In retaliation for the Han conqu...
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1. Cleopatra Thea succeeds to the rule of the Seleucid Empire on the death of Seleucus V. She appoints Antiochus VIII Grypusas co-ruler. 1. In Rome, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus proposes the extension of Roman citizenship to the northern Italians, but the Senate reacts by sending him off to deal with disturbances around Massilia. And in so doing, commences the conquest of Transalpine Gaul. 2. Completion of Aqua Tepulaaqueduct in Rome. 1. In retaliation for the Han conquest of the Ordos Plateau two...
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1. Fregellae's revolt against Rome begins in Latium. Later the city is captured and destroyed by the Romans. 1. Mithridates II succeeds Artabanus II as King of Parthia. 1. Cleopatra II of Egypt and her brother Ptolemy VIII of Egyptreconcile. 1. Spring: The Han general Wei Qing, with an army of 30,000 cavalry, proceeds from Gaoque into Xiongnu territory, and in a night attack surrounds the Tuqi Kingof the Right in his camp. The Tuqi escapes, but numerous petty chiefs are captured in this and a...
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1. Gaius Gracchus elected Roman tribune for the first time. He waits until after his re-election the following year before pushing forward the various civil and agrarian reforms that his brother championed in 133 BC. 2. Aix-en-Provence founded under the name of Aquae Sextiae by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus. 3. Quintus Caecilius Metellus conquers the Balearic Islands for Rome, for which he earns the agnomen "Balearicus." He settles 3,000 Roman and Iberian colonists on the islands and foun...
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1. Marcus Fulvius Flaccus and Gaius Gracchus become tribunes and propose a number of radical reforms in Rome. 2. Gracchus passes a law requiring the state to provide weapons and equipment for the soldiers in the Roman army. 1. Emperor Wu of Han appoints Liu Ju, his son by Empress Wei Zifu, as Crown Prince.
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1. The Roman Senate passes the motion senatus consultum ultimum, which the consul Lucius Opimius interprets as giving him unlimited power to preserve the Republic. He gathers an armed force of Senators and their supporters to confront Gaius Gracchus. A pitched battle is fought inside Rome, resulting in the death of Gracchus and many of his followers. 2. A tribunal is established in Rome that executes 3,000 followers of Gracchus. 3. Consul Quintus Fabius Maximus, allied with the Aedui, defeats...
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1. The Teutons and the Cimbri migrate south and west to the Danube valley where they encounter the expanding Roman Republic(approximate date). 1. Retaliating against the Han conquest of the Hexi Corridor in the previous year, the Xiongnuinvade the provinces of Youbeiping and Dingxiang, killing or capturing over 1000 inhabitants.
This article concerns the period 149 BC – 140 BC.
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