Decade · 149 BCE – 140 BCE
The world in the 140s BCE
From 149 BCE to 140 BCE the atlas holds 93 states standing at some time. 12 things began - Paper, Third Punic War and Siege of Carthage among them - and 7 ended; 16 people were born and 9 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.
What began in the 140s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 4
- Characene · state · 141 BCE – 222 CE
- Elymais · state · 147 BCE – 224 CE
- Hasmonean Judea · state · 140 – 37 BCE
- Roman Libya · state · 146 BCE – 672 CE
Wars and battles 7
- Third Punic War · war · 149 – 146 BCE
- Siege of Carthage · battle · 149 – 146 BCE
- Battle of Corinth · battle · 146 BCE
- Numantine War · war · 143 – 133 BCE
- Achaean War · war · 146 BCE
- Battle of Pydna · battle · 148 BCE
- Battle of the Oenoparus · battle · 145 BCE
Works and ideas 1
- Paper · discovery · 141 BCE
What ended in the 140s BCE
States 2
- Ancient Carthage · state · 814 – 146 BCE
- Achaean League · state · 280 – 146 BCE
Wars and battles 5
- Punic Wars · war · 264 – 146 BCE
- Third Punic War · war · 149 – 146 BCE
- Macedonian Wars · war · 214 – 148 BCE
- Siege of Carthage · battle · 149 – 146 BCE
- Fourth Macedonian War · war · 150 – 148 BCE
Born and died
Born 16
- Sima Qian · astronomer · 145 – 86 BCE
- Tigranes the Great · ruler · 140 – 55 BCE
- Ptolemy IX Soter · ruler · 142 – 81 BCE
- Antiochus VI Dionysus · monarch · 148 – 138 BCE
- Salome Alexandra · monarch · 140 – 67 BCE
- Antiochus VIII Grypus · politician · 141 – 97 BCE
- Marcus Antonius · politician · 143 – 87 BCE
- Ptolemy Apion · person · 141 – 96 BCE
- Huo Qubing · politician · 140 – 117 BCE
- Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex · politician · 140 – 82 BCE
- Lucius Licinius Crassus · politician · 140 – 91 BCE
- Tryphaena · ruler · 141 – 112 BCE
- Aulus Postumius Albinus · politician · 142 – 89 BCE
- Gaius Coelius Caldus · politician · 140 – 101 BCE
- Marcus Perperna · politician · 147 – 49 BCE
- Tiraios II · ruler · 141 – 49 BCE
Died 9
- Cato the Elder · philosopher · 232 – 147 BCE
- Ptolemy VI Philometor · ruler · 186 – 145 BCE
- Masinissa · monarch · 238 – 148 BCE
- Emperor Jing of Han · ruler · 188 – 141 BCE
- Lucius Mummius Achaicus · politician · 193 – 140 BCE
- Andriscus · politician · 185 – 146 BCE
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum · politician · 205 – 141 BCE
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus · politician · 208 – 148 BCE
- Gaius Laelius Sapiens · politician · 190 – 148 BCE
States of the 140s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 140s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 149 BCE.
Europe11 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Lucius Marcius Censorinus, Roman consul since 149 BCE and Manius Manilius, Roman consul since 149 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Lucius Marcius Censorinus, Roman consul since 149 BCE and Manius Manilius, Roman consul since 149 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE · Parisades IV Philometor, King of the Bosporus since 150 BCE
- Achaean League · 280 – 146 BCE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Epirus · 501 – 146 BCE
and 3 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa42 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE · Alexander Balas, Seleucid ruler since 150 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
and 34 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia19 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE · Menander I, monarch since 165 BCE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 250 – 125 BCE · Eucratides I, King of Greco-Bactrian kingdom since 171 BCE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE · Pushyamitra Shunga, Sunga emperor since 185 BCE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
and 11 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor of China since 157 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Nanyue · 207 – 111 BCE · Zhao Tuo, emperor since 207 BCE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor of China since 157 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
and 7 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown4 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Wiman Chosŏn · 194 – 108 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 169 BCE – 120 BCE: every state, war and life of the 140s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 144 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.