Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

Decades: 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC - 130s BC - 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC

Years: 143 BC 142 BC 141 BC 140 BC 139 BC - 138 BC - 137 BC 136 BC 135 BC 134 BC 133 BC

• Zhang Qian begins his explorations in central Asia for Chinese emperor Han Wu Di.
• The first Chinese diplomatic mission to the Ferghana valley, led by Chang Chien.
• Hymn to Apollo is written and inscribed on stone in Delphi; it is the earliest surviving notated music, in a substantial and legible fragment, in the western world.
• Phraates II becomes Emperor of Parthia

Births

• Sulla, Roman politician (approximate date)

Deaths

• Diodotus Tryphon (suicide)
• Mithridates I, King of Parthia
• Attalus II Philadelphus, King of Pergamon

138 BC

138 aC | 138 př. n. l. | 138 f.Kr. | 138 v. Chr. | 138 adC | -138 | K. a. 138 | -138 | -138 | 기원전 138년 | 138 p.n.e. | 138 aK | 138 SM | 138 a.C. | -138 | I. e. 138 | 138 SM | 138 v. Chr. | 138 AC | 138 f.Kr. | -138 | 138 p.n.e. | 138 a.C. | 138 î.Hr. | 138 до н. э. | 138 pred Kr. | 138 pr. n. št. | 138. пне. | 138 eaa | 138 f.Kr. | MA 138 | พ.ศ. 406 | 138 до Р.Х. | 前138年