Editing AD 68 (section)

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
*Final year that [[Tacitus]] records ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'', a [[recorded history|written history]] of the [[Roman Empire]].
*[[Lucius Clodius Macer]] revolts against the reign of Nero.
*The Senate declares Nero as [[persona non grata]].
*[[June 9]] &ndash; Emperor [[Nero]] commits [[suicide]] four miles outside [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. He is deserted by the [[Praetorian Guard]], and then stabs himself in the [[throat]].
*[[June 9]] &ndash; The [[Roman Senate]] accepts [[Galba|Servius Sulpicius Galba]], as Roman Emperor.
*[[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]].
*Trajan moves to [[Beit She'an|Scythopolis]] and crosses the [[Jordan River]] with [[Legio X Fretensis]]. He lays siege to [[Jericho]] and destroys the [[monastery]] of [[Qumran]], where the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] are originated.
*Winter &ndash; [[Titus]] sets up camp at Jericho and the Romans cut off escape routes toward [[Jerusalem]].
*[[Venutius]] successfully deposes his wife [[Cartimandua]] and becomes the ruler of the [[Brigantes]].

==== Asia ====
* Kingdom of [[Funan]] is established in the [[Mekong Delta]] comprising present-day Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, Southern Thailand and Eastern Thailand, the first known civilization in [[Southeast Asia]]. The capital city is [[Vyadhapura]] or modern-day [[Ba Phnum District]] in [[Cambodia]].
* King Dodu of [[Galsa Buyeo]] offered the country to [[Taejodae of Goguryeo]], Galsa Buyeo was destroyed by [[Goguryeo]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Buddhism]] officially arrives in China with the building of the [[White Horse Temple]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leffman |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dA_QbQiZkB4C&pg=PA307 |title=Rough Guide to China |author2=Simon Lewis |author3=Jeremy Atiya |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2003 |isbn=1-84353-019-8 |page=307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bao |first=Yuheng |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpRQAAAAMAAJ&q=white+horse+temple+china |title=Buddhist Art and Architecture of China |author2=Qing Tian |author3=Letitia Lane |publisher=Edwin Mellen Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-7734-6316-X |pages=84, 172}}</ref>
* Apostles [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] are martyred in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] (latest possible date).
* [[Ignatius of Antioch]] becomes the third bishop of [[Antioch]].
* The [[Essenes]] place the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] in the caves at [[Qumran]].
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