40 BC
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Year 40 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calvinus and Pollio.
Events
- Lucius Antonius surrenders to Octavian in the Siege of Perusia
- Octavian divorces Clodia Pulchra and marries Scribonia
- Sextus Pompey captures Sardinia
- Treaty of Brundisium: The Roman Republic is divided. Gaius Octavian takes control of the Western provinces. Mark Antony is given the Eastern provinces. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus controls Hispania and Africa.
- Quintus Labienus occupies Cilicia and marches with an army into Anatolia.
- Parthians conquer Jerusalem. Hyrcanus II is removed from power.
- Herod the Great flees Jerusalem to Rome. There he is titled king of Judea by Mark Antony.
Births
- Cleopatra Selene (d. AD 6) and Alexander Helios (d. between 29 and 25 BC), the twins of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony
Deaths
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor dies, leaving Octavia Minor widowed. She will later marry Mark Antony by decree of the Roman Senate (b. 88 BC)
- Fulvia, wife of Publius Clodius Pulcher