42 BC

__NOTOC__Year 42 BC was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*October 3 — First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius. Although Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius, who committed suicide.
*October 23 — Second Battle of Philippi: Brutus' army is decisively defeated by Antony and Octavian, he committed suicide soon after.

Births

*November 16 — Tiberius, Roman emperor

Deaths

*October 3 — Gaius Cassius Longinus, assassin of Julius Caesar (suicide)
*October 23 — Marcus Junius Brutus, protege and assassin of Julius Caesar (suicide)
*After October 23 — Porcia Catonis, wife of Brutus (suicide) (approximate date)
*Gaius Antonius, brother of Mark Antony