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40 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC – 40s BC – 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC |
| Years: | 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC – 40 BC – 39 BC 38 BC 37 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 40 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 714 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4711 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1883–-1882 |
| Bengali calendar | -632 |
| Berber calendar | 911 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 505 |
| Burmese calendar | -677 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5469–5470 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (2597/2657) — to — 辛巳年(2598/2658) |
| Coptic calendar | -323–-322 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -47–-46 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3721–3722 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 17–18 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3062–3063 |
| Holocene calendar | 9961 |
| Iranian calendar | 661 BP – 660 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 681 BH – 680 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2294 |
| Minguo calendar | 1951 before ROC 民前1951年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 504 |
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
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