368 BC

Year 368 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Cornelius, Praetextatus, Structus, Capitolinus, Crassus and Cicurinus (or, less frequently, year 386 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 368 BC 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC
Decades:	380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC
Years:	371 BC 370 BC 369 BC 368 BC 367 BC 366 BC 365 BC

368 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	368 BC CCCLXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	386
Ancient Egypt era	XXX dynasty, 13
- Pharaoh	Nectanebo I, 13
Ancient Greek era	103rd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4383
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−960
Berber calendar	583
Buddhist calendar	177
Burmese calendar	−1005
Byzantine calendar	5141–5142
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2330 or 2123     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2331 or 2124
Coptic calendar	−651 – −650
Discordian calendar	799
Ethiopian calendar	−375 – −374
Hebrew calendar	3393–3394
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−311 – −310
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2733–2734
Holocene calendar	9633
Iranian calendar	989 BP – 988 BP
Islamic calendar	1019 BH – 1018 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1966
Minguo calendar	2279 before ROC 民前2279年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1835
Thai solar calendar	175–176
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −241 or −622 or −1394     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −240 or −621 or −1393

Events

By place

Greece

• While the previous year's intervention by the Macedonians in Thessaly is successful, after the Macedonian troops withdraw, Alexander of Pherae treats his subjects as cruelly as before. So the Thessalians seek Thebes' support. Pelopidas is sent to their assistance, but is treacherously seized and imprisoned.
• In response, Epaminondas is reinstated in command of Theban troops and leads the Theban army into Thessaly, where he outmanoeuvres the Thessalians and secures the release of Pelopidas without a fight.
• At the instigation of Alexander's brother-in-law, Ptolemy of Aloros, Alexander II of Macedon is assassinated during a festival. Although Alexander's brother, Perdiccas III becomes the next king, he is under age, and Ptolemy is appointed regent.

China

• Zhou Xian Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.

By topic

Philosophy

• Plato's Republic is completed. It lays down the rules for an ideal, righteous society and suggests that kings ought to be philosophers (or at least taught by philosophers).

Deaths

• Alexander II, King of Macedonia (assassinated)