What is 40 BC?
{{Year nav|-40}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-39|BC}} Year '''40 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Thursday]], [[Common year starting on Friday|Friday]] or [[Common year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] or a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] or [[Leap year starting on Friday|Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus|Calvinus]] and [[Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 40 BC)|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. [[Augustus|Gaius Octavian]] takes control of the Western provinces. [[Mark Antony]] is given the Eastern provinces. [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] controls [[Hispania]] and [[Africa Province|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 == {{births2}} * [[Cleopatra Selene II|Cleopatra Selene]] (d. [[6|AD 6]]) and [[Alexander Helios]] (d. between [[29 BC|29]] and [[25 BC]]), the twins of [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] and Mark Antony == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[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]] [[Category:40s BC]]