40s
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AD 40
By place
Roman Empire
- The emperor Caligula is consul without colleague.
- Caligula starts on a campaign to conquer Britain, which fails miserably. He declares himself victorious regardless.
- Noricum and Mauretania are incorporated into the Roman Empire.
- Caligula reforms the principatus into a Hellenistic Autocracy. He distributes honors carelessly, declares himself a god and orders that all the heads of the Greek deity statues be replaced by his. He also appoints his horse, Incitatus, a senator.
- Approximate date of start of construction on the Pont du Gard aqueduct in Gallia Narbonensis.[1]
Europe
Asia
- Vardanes I becomes king of Parthia, opposed by his brother Gotarzes II.
- The Vietnamese Trưng Sisters rebel against the rule of the 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 Church as the first Patriarch.
- An early Christian church is erected at Corinth (most probable date).
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Significant people
- Gaius Caesar Germanicus/Caligula (AD 37–41).
- Claudius, Roman Emperor (AD 41–54).
- Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist
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References
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- ↑ Fabre, Guilhem; Fiches, Jean-Luc; Paillet, Jean-Louis (1991). "Interdisciplinary Research on the Aqueduct of Nimes and the Pont du Gard". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 4: 63–88.