142 BC

Also known as 142 BCE

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Part of: 140s BC
Followed by: 141 BC
Follows: 143 BC

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topic's main category: Category:142 BC
point in time: 0142-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:142 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:142 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

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 (or, less frequently, year 612 Ab urbe condita). 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.

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