42 BC

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42 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 42 BC
XLII BC
Ab urbe condita 712
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 282
- Pharaoh Cleopatra VII, 10
Ancient Greek era 184th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar 4709
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −634
Berber calendar 909
Buddhist calendar 503
Burmese calendar −679
Byzantine calendar 5467–5468
Chinese calendar 戊寅年 (Earth  Tiger)
2656 or 2449
     to 
己卯年 (Earth  Rabbit)
2657 or 2450
Coptic calendar −325 – −324
Discordian calendar 1125
Ethiopian calendar −49 – −48
Hebrew calendar 3719–3720
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 15–16
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3059–3060
Holocene calendar 9959
Iranian calendar 663 BP – 662 BP
Islamic calendar 683 BH – 682 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar 42 BC
XLII BC
Korean calendar 2292
Minguo calendar 1953 before ROC
民前1953年
Nanakshahi calendar −1509
Seleucid era 270/271 AG
Thai solar calendar 501–502
Tibetan calendar 阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
85 or −296 or −1068
     to 
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
86 or −295 or −1067
First Battle of Philippi (October 3, 42 BC) Phil2.png
First Battle of Philippi (October 3, 42 BC)
Second Battle of Philippi (October 23, 42 BC) Phil3.png
Second Battle of Philippi (October 23, 42 BC)

Year 42 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Plancus (or, less frequently, year 712 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 42 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.

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