68 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
| Decades: | 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC |
| Years: | 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC - 68 BC - 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC |
| 68 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 68 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 686 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1911 – -1910 |
| Berber calendar | 883 |
| Buddhist calendar | 477 |
| Burmese calendar | -705 |
| Chinese calendar | 2569/2629 (子年) — to —
2570/2630([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -351 – -350 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -75 – -74 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3693 – 3694 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -12 – -11 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3034 – 3035 |
| Holocene calendar | 9933 |
| Iranian calendar | 689 BP – 688 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 710 BH – 709 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2266 |
| Thai solar calendar | 476 |
Year 68 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Lucius Caecilius Metellus and Quintus Marcius Rex.
- October 6 — Lucius Lucullus defeats Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Artaxata
- Gaius Antonius Hybrida elected praetor.
[edit] Osroene
- Abgar II becomes ruler of Osroene.
[edit] Births
- Princess Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt (or 67 BC)
[edit] Deaths
- Antiochus of Ascalon, Greek philosopher
- Cornelia, wife of Julius Caesar
- Huo Guang, official of the western Han Dynasty of China
