Editing 40 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Consul]]s: [[Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus]] and [[Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 40 BC)|Gaius Asinius Pollio]]. 
* [[Siege]] of [[Perusia]]: trying a last attempt to break the siege, which fails; [[Lucius Antonius (brother of Mark Antony)|Lucius Antonius]] surrenders to [[Augustus|Octavian]]. His life is spared, but the [[citizens]] are [[Capital punishment|executed]] or sold into [[slavery]]. [[Fulvia]] flees with her children and is exiled to [[Sicyon]], where she dies of a sudden [[illness]].
* Spring &ndash; [[Quintus Salvidienus Rufus]] marches to [[Transalpine Gaul]] to take command of the eleven [[Roman legion|legions]], after the death of [[Quintus Fufius Calenus]]. Octavian divorces [[Claudia (wife of Octavian)|Claudia]] and marries [[Scribonia (wife of Octavian)|Scribonia]], a sister of [[Lucius Scribonius Libo]] and a follower of [[Sextus]]. 
* May &ndash; [[Gaius Claudius Marcellus (consul 50 BC)|Gaius Claudius Marcellus]], a distinguished member of the [[Claudia gens|Claudii]], dies. He leaves [[Octavia the Younger]] (the elder sister of Octavian) widowed. She will later marry [[Mark Antony]].  
* [[Sextus Pompey]] dispatches [[Menas (freedman)|Menas]] with four legions and captures [[Sardinia]], driving out Octavian's governor [[Marcus Lurius]]. He seizes the capital, [[Caralis]] and occupies [[Corsica]]. Sextus besieges [[Cosenza]] in [[Bruttium]] and [[Thurii]] in [[Lucania]], ravaging the territory with his cavalry.
* Sextus' fleet raids the ports of [[Puteoli]] and [[Ostia Antica|Ostia]]. The populace hold the Triumvirs responsible for prolonging the war, provoking a riot on the [[Roman Forum|Forum]]. Octavian, with the [[Praetorian Guard]], goes to intercept the riot, and only escapes with his life because Antony summons troops to rescue his junior colleague.         
* [[Treaty of Brundisium]]: The [[Triumvirate|Triumvirs]] agrees to divide the [[Roman Republic]] into [[Sphere of influence|spheres of influence]]. [[Augustus|Gaius Octavian]] styles himself "[[Imperator|Imperator Caesar]]" and takes control of the Western provinces. Mark Antony is given the Eastern provinces; the River [[Drin (river)|Drin]], the [[Border|boundary]] between the provinces [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]] and [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]], is to serve as their frontier. [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] controls  [[Hispania]] and  [[Africa Province|Africa]]. The treaty is cemented by the marriage of Antony and Octavia the Younger.