Year 40 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Roman Empire · The emperor Caligula is consul without colleague. · Caligula embarks on a campaign to conquer Britain, and fails miserably. · Noricum and Mauretania are incorporated into the Roman Empire. · Caligula transforms the principate into a 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 becomes king of Parthia, opposed by his brother Gotarzes II. · The Vietnamese Trung sisters rebel against the rule of the Chinese Emperor Guangwu of Han.

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