142 BC
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. 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.
Judea
- Simon Maccabaeus succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of Judea until 135 BC.