68 BC Chr.
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| 68 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 476/477 (southern Buddhism); 475/476 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle , year of the water-buffalo 癸丑 ( at the beginning of the year water-rat 壬子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 177th / 1st year of the 178th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3693/94 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXXXVI (686) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 243/244; Syria: 244/245 |
Events
- Lucius Sergius Catilina becomes governor of the Roman province of Africa and exploits it.
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus defeats King Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Artaxata .
Died
- Lucius Caecilius Metellus , Roman politician
- Julia , Roman patrician (* around 130 BC)
- around 68 BC Chr .: Antiochus of Ascalon , Greek philosopher (* around 120 BC)