42 BC

Events

 * 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)
 * Gaius Antonius - brother of Mark Antony

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