40 BC
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.
| 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 | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 87 or −294 or −1066 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 88 or −293 or −1065 | 
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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