41 BC

Year 41 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Vatia (or, less frequently, year 713 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 41 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC
Years:	44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC 40 BC 39 BC 38 BC

41 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	41 BC XL BC
Ab urbe condita	713
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 283
- Pharaoh	Cleopatra VII, 11
Ancient Greek era	184th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4710
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−633
Berber calendar	910
Buddhist calendar	504
Burmese calendar	−678
Byzantine calendar	5468–5469
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2656 or 2596     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2657 or 2597
Coptic calendar	−324 – −323
Discordian calendar	1126
Ethiopian calendar	−48 – −47
Hebrew calendar	3720–3721
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	16–17
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3060–3061
Holocene calendar	9960
Iranian calendar	662 BP – 661 BP
Islamic calendar	682 BH – 681 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	41 BC XL BC
Korean calendar	2293
Minguo calendar	1952 before ROC 民前1952年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1508
Seleucid era	271/272 AG
Thai solar calendar	502–503
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 86 or −295 or −1067     — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 87 or −294 or −1066

Events

Roman Republic

• Consuls: Lucius Antonius and Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus.
• Perusine War: An armed resistance breaks out across Italy; the Umbrian city of Sentinum is captured and destroyed by Quintus Salvidienus Rufus.
• Lucius Antonius occupies Perusia. He accepts the appeal of the local population. Lucius and Fulvia are defeated by Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian in the Battle of Perugia.

Egypt

• Mark Antony meets Cleopatra VII in Tarsus (Cilicia) and forms an alliance. He returns to Alexandria with her and they become lovers in the winter of 41–40 BC. To safeguard herself and Caesarion, she has Antony order the execution of her (half) sister Arsinoe IV, who is living at the temple of Artemis in Ephesus.

Births

• Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Roman consul under Caesar Augustus (d. AD 33)

Deaths

• Arsinoe IV, Egyptian princess and (half) sister of Cleopatra VII (b. 68 or 67 BC)
• Pasherienptah III, Egyptian High Priest of Ptah (b. 90 BC)
• Serapion, Egyptian general (strategos) and governor

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