List of state leaders in 138 BC

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 138 BC.

The column "Title" refers to being of the state in question (e.g. "Emperor" under the heading "Japan" means "Emperor of Japan") unless otherwise stated.

Africa

Cyrene

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ptolemy VIII Physcon King 163 BC 116 BC

Egypt

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Cleopatra II Pharaoh Ptolemaic dynasty 163 BC 127 BC
Sovereign Ptolemy VIII Physcon Pharaoh Ptolemaic dynasty 145 BC 131 BC
Sovereign Cleopatra III Pharaoh Ptolemaic dynasty 142 BC 131 BC

Numidia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Micipsa King 148 BC 118 BC

Middle East and Asia Minor

Armenia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Tigranes I King Artaxiad dynasty 159 BC 123 BC

Bithynia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Nicomedes II King 149 BC 127 BC

Cappadocia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ariarathes V King Ariarathid 163 BC 130 BC

Caucasian Iberia

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Mirian I King Pharnabazid dynasty 162 BC 112 BC

Cimmerian Bosporus

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Pairisades IV King Spartocids 150 BC 125 BC

Commagene

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Ptolemaeus King 163 BC 130 BC

Elymais

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Okkonapses King 139 BC 138 BC
Sovereign Tigraios King 138 BC 132 BC

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Menander I King House of Euthydemus 155 BC 130 BC
Sovereign Heliocles I King House of Eucratides 145 BC 130 BC

Indo-Greek Kingdom

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Menander I King House of Euthydemus 155 BC 130 BC

Judea

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Simon Thassi High Priest 142 BC 134 BC

Nabataea

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Malichus I King 144 BC 110 BC

Parthian Empire

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Mithridates I King Arsacid dynasty 167 BC 132 BC

Pergamon

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Attalus II Philadelphus King 160 BC 138 BC
Sovereign Attalus III King 138 BC 133 BC

Pontus

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Mithridates V King 150 BC 120 BC

Seleucid Empire

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Demetrius II Nicator King Seleucid dynasty 145 BC 138 BC
Sovereign Diodotus Tryphon King Seleucid dynasty 140 BC 138 BC
Sovereign Antiochus VII Sidetes King Seleucid dynasty 138 BC 129 BC

Asia

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Dutugamunu King Vijaya 161 BC 137 BC

Arakan (Burma)

Mythological monarchs

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Munzayaba King Second Danyawaddy 171 BC 137 BC

Buyeo (Korea)

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Go Haesa King 170 BC 121 BC

China

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Wu Di Emperor Han dynasty 9 March 141 BC 29 March 87 BC [1]

Japan

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Kaika Emperor 157 BC 9 April 98 BC

Mahan (Korea)

Legendary monarchs

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Myung King 144 BC 113 BC

Satavahana Empire (India)

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Satakarni Emperor Satavahana dynasty 143 BC 87 BC

Sunga Empire (India)

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Vasujyeshtha Emperor Sunga dynasty 141 BC 131 BC

Europe

Athens

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Apollodorus Archon 139 BC 138 BC
Sovereign Timarchus Archon 138 BC 137 BC

Ireland

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Eochu Feidlech High King Milesians 143 BC 131 BC

Odrysian Thrace

Type Name Title Royal house From To Refs
Sovereign Beithys King Astaean line 140 BC 120 BC

Roman Republic

Type Name Title Political group From To Refs
Sovereign Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio Consul 138 BC
Sovereign Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus Consul 138 BC

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