40 BC
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| Gregorian calendar | 40 BC XXXIX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 714 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 284 |
| - Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 12 |
| Ancient Greek era | 185th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4711 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −632 |
| Berber calendar | 911 |
| Buddhist calendar | 505 |
| Burmese calendar | −677 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5469–5470 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2657 or 2597 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2658 or 2598 |
| Coptic calendar | −323 – −322 |
| Discordian calendar | 1127 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −47 – −46 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3721–3722 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 17–18 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3061–3062 |
| Holocene calendar | 9961 |
| Iranian calendar | 661 BP – 660 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 681 BH – 680 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 40 BC XXXIX BC |
| Korean calendar | 2294 |
| Minguo calendar | 1951 before ROC 民前1951年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1507 |
| Seleucid era | 272/273 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 503–504 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Dragon) 87 or −294 or −1066 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Snake) 88 or −293 or −1065 |
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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