68 BC

Year 68 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Metellus/Vatia and Rex (or, less frequently, year 686 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 68 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:
Decades:
Years:
68 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar68 BC
LXVII BC
Ab urbe condita686
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 256
- PharaohPtolemy XII Auletes, 13
Ancient Greek era178th Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar4683
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−660
Berber calendar883
Buddhist calendar477
Burmese calendar−705
Byzantine calendar5441–5442
Chinese calendar壬子年 (Water Rat)
2629 or 2569
     to 
癸丑年 (Water Ox)
2630 or 2570
Coptic calendar−351 – −350
Discordian calendar1099
Ethiopian calendar−75 – −74
Hebrew calendar3693–3694
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−11 – −10
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3033–3034
Holocene calendar9933
Iranian calendar689 BP – 688 BP
Islamic calendar710 BH – 709 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2266
Minguo calendar1979 before ROC
民前1979年
Nanakshahi calendar−1535
Seleucid era244/245 AG
Thai solar calendar475–476
Tibetan calendar阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
59 or −322 or −1094
     to 
阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
60 or −321 or −1093

Events

Roman Republic

Osroene

  • Abgar II becomes ruler of Osroene.

Births

  • Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII (and probably Cleopatra V) (d. 41 BC)

Deaths

  • Antiochus of Ascalon, Greek philosopher (b. c. 130 BC)
  • Cornelia, wife of Julius Caesar (b. 94 BC)
  • Huo Guang, official of the western Han Dynasty
  • Lucius Caecillius Metellus, Roman consul

References

  1. Syme, Ronald (1963). "Ten Tribunes". Journal of Roman Studies. 53: 59.
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