138 BC
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| Centuries: | 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC · 1st century BC |
| Decades: | 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC |
| Years: | 141 BC 140 BC 139 BC 138 BC 137 BC 136 BC 135 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 138 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 616 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1981 – -1980 |
| Buddhist calendar | 407 |
| Chinese calendar | 2499/2559 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2500/2560([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -145 – -144 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3623 – 3624 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -82 – -81 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2964 – 2965 |
| Holocene calendar | 9863 |
| Iranian calendar | 759 BP – 758 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 782 BH – 781 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 523 (皇紀523年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9863 |
| Julian calendar | -92 |
| Korean calendar | 2196 |
| Thai solar calendar | 406 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Parthia
- Phraates II becomes Emperor of Parthia.
[edit] Asia
- 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.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Arts & sciences
- 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.
[edit] Births
- Sulla, Roman politician (approximate date).
[edit] Deaths
- Diodotus Tryphon (suicide)
- Mithridates I, King of Parthia
- Attalus II Philadelphus, King of Pergamon
