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68 CE

The Roman Senate accepts Servius Sulpicius Galba, as Roman Emperor. Emperor Nero commits suicide four miles outside Rome. He is deserted by the Praetorian Guard, and then stabs himself in the throat. Trajan moves to 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.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • June 9 – The Roman Senate accepts Servius Sulpicius Galba, as Roman Emperor.source
  • Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, father of Trajan, becomes consul.source
  • Legio I Macriana liberatrix and Legio I Adiutrix are created.source

Conflict & Security

  • Lucius Clodius Macer revolts against the reign of Nero.source
  • Venutius successfully deposes his wife Cartimandua and becomes the ruler of the Brigantes.source
  • King Dodu of Galsa Buyeo offered the country to Taejodae of Goguryeo, Galsa Buyeo was destroyed by Goguryeo.source
  • Winter – Titus sets up camp at Jericho and the Romans cut off escape routes toward Jerusalem.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • 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.source
  • The Essenes place the Dead Sea Scrolls in the caves at Qumran.source

Religion & Belief

  • Trajan moves to 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.source
  • Apostles Peter and Paul are martyred in Rome (latest possible date).source
  • Buddhism officially arrives in China with the building of the White Horse Temple.source
  • Ignatius of Antioch becomes the third bishop of Antioch.source

Science & Discovery

  • Final year that Tacitus records Annals, a written history of the Roman Empire.source

Crime & Justice

  • June 9 – Emperor Nero commits suicide four miles outside Rome. He is deserted by the Praetorian Guard, and then stabs himself in the throat.source
  • The Senate declares Nero as persona non grata.source

Births

  • July 4 – Salonia Matidia, niece of Trajan (d. AD 119)source
  • Flavius Scorpus, Roman charioteer (approximate date)source
  • Gaius Bruttius Praesens, Roman consul (d. AD 140)source

Deaths

  • April 25 – Mark the Evangelist, pope of Alexandriasource
  • June 9 – Nero, Roman emperor (suicide) (b. AD 37)source
  • Lucius Clodius Macer, Roman general (murdered)source
  • Onesimus, bishop of Byzantium (approximate date)source
  • Nymphidius Sabinus, Roman praetorian prefectsource
  • Basilissa and Anastasia, Christian martyrs (beheaded)source
  • Ananus ben Ananus, Jewish high priest of Israelsource
  • Gaius Julius Vindex, Roman governor (suicide)source
  • Tiberius Julius Mithridates, Roman client kingsource
  • Publius Petronius Turpilianus, Roman consul (suicide)source