68 BC

__NOTOC__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