40s BC
decade
This article talks about what happened in between 40 and 31 BC.
| 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: | 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
change- Julius Caesar wins the civil war (49–45 BC) in the Roman Republic against the Roman Senate. He becomes dictator for life.
- Julius Caesar, Roman dictator, is killed by 23 Roman people. Some people who killed him were Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. (15 March 44 BC).
Important people
change- Julius Caesar, Roman dictator (lived 100–44 BC, ruled 46–44 BC).
- Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician ( 85–42 BC).
- Mark Antony, Roman politician and general ( 83–30 BC).
- Pharaoh (Egyptian Queen) Cleopatra VII of Egypt (lived 70/69 – 30 BC, ruled 51–30 BC).
- Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian), Roman politician and general (62 BC – 14).
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XV Caesarion (Cleopatra VII's son) (lived 47–30 BC, reigned 44–30 BC).
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (died 42 BC).