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The 140s

79 sourced entries across 10 years, inside the 2nd century. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.

140 CE13 entries

  • Ptolemy completes his Almagest (approximate date).
  • Marcion arrives in Rome, bringing Evangelikon and Apostolikon to the Christian community.
  • The export of olive oil from Hispania Baetica to Rome peaks.

141 CE9 entries

  • The 141 Lycia earthquake affects most of the Roman provinces of Lycia and Caria and the islands of Rhodes, Kos, Simi and Serifos. It triggers a severe tsunami, which causes major inundation.
  • The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is constructed in Rome; the temple is dedicated to Empress Faustina the Elder.
  • 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

142 CE9 entries

  • Municipal doctors are named throughout the Roman Empire.
  • Marcion proclaims that the Old Testament is incompatible with Christianity.
  • Emperor Antoninus Pius orders the construction of the Antonine Wall. The wall stretches 39 miles (63 km), from Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire on the Firth of Clyde, to Carriden near Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth (Scotland). The Romans build 19 forts and smaller fortlets (milecastles), to protect the border against the Caledonians.

143 CE7 entries

  • The Roman doctor Antyllus performs the first arteriotomy.
  • A revolt of the Brigantes tribe in Britannia is suppressed by Quintus Lollius Urbicus.
  • Antoninus Pius serves as Roman Consul.

144 CE11 entries

  • Reign of Huvishka, emperor of the Kushan Empire.
  • Marcion of Sinope is excommunicated; a sect, Marcionism, grows out of his beliefs.
  • In Vietnam during the second Era of Northern Domination, rebellion of Cham people broke out in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen. The rebels then surrendered to the Jiaozhi's governor in the same year.

145 CE6 entries

  • Change of emperor from Han Chongdi to Han Zhidi of the Chinese Han dynasty.
  • Antoninus Augustus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Caesar become Roman Consuls.
  • Arrian becomes archon in Athens.

146 CE8 entries

  • Han Huandi succeeds Han Zhidi as emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty.
  • Marcus Aurelius receives the imperium proconsular.
  • Chadae becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

147 CE11 entries

  • King Vologases IV, son of Mithridates V of Parthia, unites the Parthian Empire under his rule.
  • Marcus Aurelius receives imperial powers, from Emperor Antoninus Pius.
  • King Vologases III dies after a 42-year reign, in which he has contended successfully with his rivals.

148 CE4 entries

  • Emperor Antoninus Pius hosts a series of grand games, to celebrate Rome's 900th anniversary.
  • Euzois succeeds Athendodorus, as Patriarch of Constantinople.

149 CE1 entries