AD 68

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AD 68 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar AD 68
LXVIII
Ab urbe condita 821
Assyrian calendar 4818
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −525
Berber calendar 1018
Buddhist calendar 612
Burmese calendar −570
Byzantine calendar 5576–5577
Chinese calendar 丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit)
2765 or 2558
     to 
戊辰年 (Earth  Dragon)
2766 or 2559
Coptic calendar −216 – −215
Discordian calendar 1234
Ethiopian calendar 60–61
Hebrew calendar 3828–3829
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 124–125
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3168–3169
Holocene calendar 10068
Iranian calendar 554 BP – 553 BP
Islamic calendar 571 BH – 570 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar AD 68
LXVIII
Korean calendar 2401
Minguo calendar 1844 before ROC
民前1844年
Nanakshahi calendar −1400
Seleucid era 379/380 AG
Thai solar calendar 610–611
Tibetan calendar 阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
194 or −187 or −959
     to 
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
195 or −186 or −958

AD 68 ( LXVIII ) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silius Italicus and Trachalus , or the start of the Year of the Four Emperors (or, less frequently, year 821 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination AD 68 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. These are now used throughout the world.

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