Editing AD 139

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Year '''139''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, in [[Western culture|Western civilization]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Praesens''' (or, less frequently, '''year 892 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 139 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* The [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Tomb of Hadrian]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] is completed; Emperor [[Antoninus Pius]] cremates the body of [[Hadrian]], and places his [[cremation|ashes]], together with that of his wife [[Vibia Sabina]] and his adopted son, [[Lucius Aelius]], in the [[mausoleum]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Claridge |first1=Amanda |title=Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199546831 |page=411 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtoVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA411|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Aurelius]] is named ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]''. He marries the 9-year-old [[Faustina the Younger]], daughter of Antoninus Pius.
* Antoninus Pius and [[Gaius Bruttius Praesens Lucius Fulvius Rusticus|Gaius Bruttius Praesens]] become [[Roman Consul]]s.
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====Armenia ====
*[[139 Mcurn earthquake]], listed in bibliographical records of [[seismology]] as having affected the city of Mcurn (modern Hösnek, [[Turkey]]). The earthquake reportedly took place in the vicinity of [[Mount Ararat]]. The region was part of the historic [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]], corresponding to eastern areas of modern Turkey. A primary source for the earthquake is the work of the historian [[Movses Khorenatsi]] (5th century).<ref name="Guidoboni">Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 112-113</ref>

== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Zhang Heng]], Chinese [[astronomer]] and statesman (b. [[AD 78]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Zhang Heng - Chinese mathematician, astronomer, and geographer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhang-Heng |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{citation | last1=Guidoboni | first1= Emanuela | last2=Traina | first2= Giusto| title=A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century | year=1995 | publisher=Annals of Geophysics | url =https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4134}}


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