142 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

142 BC Chr.
Diodotos Tryphon takes over the rule in the Seleucid Empire .
142 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	402/403 (southern Buddhism); 401/402 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the earth-pig 己亥 ( at the beginning of the year earth-dog 戊戌)
Greek calendar	2nd / 3rd Year of the 159th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3619/20
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DCXII (612)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 169/170 (New Year April); Syria: 170/171 (New Year October)

Events

• The Seleucid ruler Antiochus VI. is deposed by his general Diodotos Tryphon , who himself takes over the rule as an anti-king to Demetrios II . The six-year-old Antiochus died a little later under unexplained circumstances.

Died

• around 142 BC Chr .: Antiochus VI. , King of the Seleucid Empire