68 34812 217967888 2008-06-08T15:24:46Z Kanags 1225654 ta: added {{Year nav 1st century CE|68}} {{otheruses-number}} {{C1YearInTopic}} Year '''68''' was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By place=== ====Roman Empire==== * [[Lucius Clodius Macer]] revolts against Emperor [[Nero]]. * [[June 8]] — The [[Roman Senate]] accepts emperor [[Galba]]. * [[June 9]] — [[Roman Emperor]] [[Nero]] commits [[suicide]]. * The [[Roman Senate]] declares Nero ''[[persona non grata]]''. [[Galba]] succeeds [[Nero]]. * The [[year of the four emperors]]: [[Galba]] (68), [[Otho]] ([[69]]) and [[Vitellius]] ([[69]]) all govern a very short time before [[Vespasian]] becomes [[emperor]]. * Last year covered by [[Tacitus]]' ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'', a history of the [[Roman Empire]]. * [[Legio I Macriana liberatrix|Legio ''I Macriana liberatrix'']] and [[Legio I Adiutrix|Legio ''I Adiutrix'']] are created. * Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, father of [[Trajan]], becomes [[consul]]. ====Asia==== * A bridge suspended by iron chains is constructed in [[China]]. ===By topic=== ====Religion==== * [[Buddhism]] officially arrives in [[China]] with the building of the [[White Horse Temple]]. * The [[Gospel of Mark]] is written (probable date). * [[Ignatius of Antioch]] becomes the third bishop of [[Antioch]]. * The [[Essenes]] place the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] in the caves at [[Qumran]]. ==Births== * ==Deaths== * [[April 25]] - [[Saint Mark]], the first [[Pope of Alexandria]] and the founder of Christianity in Africa * [[Vindex]], rebellious governor * [[June 9]] — [[Nero]], emperor of the [[Roman Empire]], suicide * [[Onesimus]], [[Patriarch of Constantinople|Bishop of Byzantium]] {{C1YearEnd}} [[Category:68]] [[af:68]] [[als:60er#68]] [[am:68 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:68]] [[an:68]] [[ast:68]] [[az:68]] [[bn:৬৮]] [[be:68]] [[be-x-old:68]] [[bh:६८]] [[bs:68]] [[bg:68]] [[ca:68]] [[cv:68]] [[cs:68]] [[co:68]] [[cy:68]] [[da:68]] [[de:68]] [[et:68]] [[el:68]] [[es:68]] [[eo:68]] [[eu:68]] [[fr:68]] [[ga:68]] [[gv:68]] [[gd:68]] [[gl:68]] [[ko:68년]] [[hr:68.]] [[io:68]] [[bpy:মারি ৬৮]] [[id:68]] [[ia:68]] [[is:68]] [[it:68]] [[he:68]] [[jv:68]] [[ka:68]] [[sw:68]] [[ht:68 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:68]] [[lb:68]] [[lmo:68]] [[hu:68]] [[mk:68]] [[mr:इ.स. ६८]] [[ms:68]] [[nah:68]] [[nl:68]] [[new:६८]] [[ja:68年]] [[nap:68]] [[no:68]] [[nn:68]] [[oc:68]] [[or:୬୮]] [[uz:68]] [[pi:६८]] [[nds:68]] [[pl:68]] [[pt:68]] [[ksh:Joohr 68]] [[ro:68]] [[ru:68 год]] [[sa:६८]] [[sq:68]] [[sk:68]] [[sl:68]] [[sr:68]] [[su:68]] [[fi:68]] [[sv:68]] [[ta:68]] [[tt:68]] [[th:พ.ศ. 611]] [[tr:68]] [[uk:68]] [[ur:68ء]] [[vec:68]] [[zh:68年]]