68 BC

250 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	250 BC CCL BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34
Ancient Greek era	132nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4501
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−842
Berber calendar	701
Buddhist calendar	295
Burmese calendar	−887
Byzantine calendar	5259–5260
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242
Coptic calendar	−533 – −532
Discordian calendar	917
Ethiopian calendar	−257 – −256
Hebrew calendar	3511–3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−193 – −192
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2851–2852
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2084
Minguo calendar	2161 before ROC 民前2161年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1717
Seleucid era	62/63 AG
Thai solar calendar	293–294
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275

68 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	68 BC LXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	686
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 256
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 13
Ancient Greek era	178th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4683
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−660
Berber calendar	883
Buddhist calendar	477
Burmese calendar	−705
Byzantine calendar	5441–5442
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2630 or 2423     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2631 or 2424
Coptic calendar	−351 – −350
Discordian calendar	1099
Ethiopian calendar	−75 – −74
Hebrew calendar	3693–3694
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−11 – −10
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3033–3034
Holocene calendar	9933
Iranian calendar	689 BP – 688 BP
Islamic calendar	710 BH – 709 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2266
Minguo calendar	1979 before ROC 民前1979年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1535
Seleucid era	244/245 AG
Thai solar calendar	475–476
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

Year 68 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

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.

Osroene

• Abgar II becomes ruler of Osroene.

Births

• Princess Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt (or 67 BC) (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 of China