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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 40 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 40 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 714 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1883 – -1882 |
| Berber calendar | 911 |
| 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 | 16 – 17 |
| - 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 |
| Thai solar calendar | 504 |
Year 40 BC was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
- Treaty of Brundisium, agreement between Octavian and Antony, dividing the Roman world between themselves and Lepidus, the treaty was cemented by the marriage of Antony and Octavia Minor, sister of Octavian.
Greece
- Athenodorus a philosopher, encounters a ghost in Athens. This popular story is one of the first of the poltergeist stories in history.
Judea
- Parthians conquer Jerusalem. Hyrcanus II is removed from power, while Antigonus the Hasmonean becomes king of Judea under Parthian rule. Herod the Great flees Jerusalem to Rome. There he is titled king of Judea by Mark Antony.
China
- The Ji Jiu Pian dictionary published in this year during the Han Dynasty is the earliest known reference to the hydraulic-powered trip hammer device.
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
- May — 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 and Mark Antony (b. 77 BC)
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