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{{Year nav 1st century CE|68}}
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Year '''68''' was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
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==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==
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==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]]
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