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This page relates to the year -144 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Asia

Raid of the Xiongnu against the China.

ancient Egypt

Fine of the reign of Ptolémée {{VII}} '' Néos Philopator ''.
Beginning of the reign of Ptolémée {{VIII}} '' Évergète {{II}} '' (fine in -116), after he had assassinated his nephew Ptolémée {{VII}} and had married the mother of this last, Cléopâtre {{II}}, to remain the only Master of the Egypt.

During the first years of its second reign with Alexandria, Ptolémée IX is cruel and must take refuge abroad under the popular pressure. It returns soon with new troops and takes again the capacity, endeavouring to attract the sympathy of its subjects.

Roman world

With Rome, Consul At of Servius Sulpicius Bent, L. Aurelius Cotta.
the urban praetor Q. Marcius Rex achieves, on a bottom of 180 million sesterces, the last “great work municipal” before those of Caius Gracchus: repair of old the aqueducts, construction again, the Aqueduct Marcia.

World hellenistic

Démétrios {{II}} of Syria takes again the Babylonia with the Parthes.
Beginning of the reign of Antiochos {{VI}} Dionysos, wire of Alexandre {{Ier}} Balled, king de Syrie in competition with Démétrios {{II}} (fine in -142).

With the call of Démétrios {{II}} of Syria, the governor of Judaea Jonathan, with 3000 men, represses the insurrection of the partisans of Antiochos and the general Tryphon. Some time later, Tryphon makes crown the young person Antiochos {{VI}} and enters Antioche. It confirms Jonathan in its load of high priest and in the possession of name promised by Démétrios {{II}}. It names his brother Simon stratégos of the phénico-Philistine coast. With the head of the troops Séleucides of Cœlé-Syria, Jonathan takes Ascalon and Gaza then demolishes a Syrian army supporting Démétrios in Galileo, in the plain of Hazor. It goes towards the country of Hamat, beats the Arab zabadéens, control Damas, while Simon installs a Jewish garrison with Joppé and strengthens Jerusalem and several towns of Judaea. Jonathan sends embassies to Sparte and Rome to ensure its external supports.
Tryphon fears to lose the control of the Cœlé-Syria. It meets Jonathan with Beth-Shèan and convinces it to go to Ptolémaïs, which it promises to give to him, to continue the talks. In Ptolémaïs, Tryphon makes stop Jonathan and massacre its guard. Simon is then made indicate as chief of Jerusalem and awaits Tryphon in the plain, with Adida. Tryphon, which claims that Jonathan at stopped summer because it did not pay the tax of with the royal treasure, is made give 100 talent of money and the two wire of Jonathan in exchange of a promise of release which it does not hold. Sailing round Judaea, it tries to reach Jerusalem by the south, but the presence of Simon and the bad weather make him give up this project. It sets out again towards Antioche after having killed Jonathan with Baskama (-143).

Births

Death in -144

Ptolémée {{VII}} '' Néos Philopator '', assassinated by Ptolémée {{VIII}} '' Évergète {{II}} ''.
Arétas Ier, first known king of the Nabatéens.

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