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Year '''40''' was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
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==Events==
===By place===
====Roman Empire====
* The emperor [[Caligula]] is [[consul]] without colleague.
* Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer [[Great Britain|Britain]], and fails miserably.
* [[Noricum]] and [[Mauretania]] are incorporated into the [[Roman Empire]].
* Caligula transforms the principate into a [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] [[Autocracy]]. He distributes honors carelessly, declares himself a god and orders that all the heads of the Greek statues be replaced by his. He also appoints his horse a senator.
====Europe====
* The Germanic [[Quadi]] tribe begin settling in present-day [[Moravia]] and [[Slovakia]].
====Asia====
* [[Vardanes I of Parthia|Vardanes I]] becomes king of [[Parthia]], opposed by his brother [[Gotarzes II of Parthia|Gotarzes II]].
* The [[Vietnam]]ese [[Trung sisters]] rebel against the rule of the [[China|Chinese]] [[Emperor Guangwu of Han]].
===By topic===
====Arts and sciences====
* [[Philo]] teaches that all men are born free.
====Religion====
* [[Christianity]] comes to [[Egypt]] as a church is founded in [[Alexandria]]. [[Mark the Evangelist]] founds the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] as the first pope.
* An early Christian church is erected at [[Corinth]] (most probable date).
* The Jewish festival of [[Pesach]] (Passover) is adopted by the Christians and renamed [[Easter]].
==Births==
* [[Pedanius Dioscorides]], [[Greece|Greek]] [[physician]]
* [[Frontinus]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]] general and military author
* [[Dio Chrysostom]], Greek [[philosophy|philosopher]] and [[historian]]
* [[July 13]] — [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]], [[List of Roman governors of Britain|Roman governor of Britain]]
* [[Claudia Octavia]], daughter of [[Claudius]] and [[Valeria Messalina|Messalina]]. (d. [[62]])
* [[Empress Ma (Ming)|Empress Ma]] of the [[Han Dynasty]]
==Deaths==
* January — [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul AD 32)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], husband of [[Agrippina the younger]], brother-in-law of [[Caligula]] ([[dropsy]])
* [[Ptolemy of Mauretania]] (executed by Caligula)
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