40s BC
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Centuries: 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades: 90s BC – 80s BC – 70s BC – 60s BC – 50s BC – 40s BC – 30s BC – 20s BC – 10s BC – 0s BC – 0s
Years: 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC
Events and trends
- Civil war in Roman Republic between Julius Caesar and forces of the Roman Senate ( 49 – 45 BC). The former emerges victorious and becomes Roman dictator for life.
- Julius Caesar, Roman dictator is assassinated by 23 members of a conspiracy against him. The most prominent among the later were Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. (March 15, 44 BC).
Significant people
- Julius Caesar, Roman dictator (lived 100 – 44 BC, term 46 – 44 BC).
- Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician ( 85 – 42 BC).
- Mark Antony, Roman politician and general ( 83 – 30 BC).
- Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (lived 70/ 69 – 30 BC, reigned 51 – 30 BC).
- Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus, Roman politician and general (62 BC – 14 AD).
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XV Caesarion (lived 47 – 30 BC, reigned 44 – 30 BC).
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (died 42 BC).
Categories: 40s BC