8

This article is about the year 8. For the number, see 8 (number). For other uses, see 8 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century
Decades:	20s BC  10s BC  0s BC  – 0s –  10s  20s  30s
Years:	5 AD 6 AD 7 AD – 8 AD – 9 AD 10 AD 11 AD

8 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

8 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	8 VIII
Ab urbe condita	761
Assyrian calendar	4758
Bengali calendar	−585
Berber calendar	958
Buddhist calendar	552
Burmese calendar	−630
Byzantine calendar	5516–5517
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2704 or 2644     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2705 or 2645
Coptic calendar	−276 – −275
Discordian calendar	1174
Ethiopian calendar	0–1
Hebrew calendar	3768–3769
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	64–65
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3109–3110
Holocene calendar	10008
Iranian calendar	614 BP – 613 BP
Islamic calendar	633 BH – 632 BH
Julian calendar	8 VIII
Korean calendar	2341
Minguo calendar	1904 before ROC 民前1904年
Seleucid era	319/320 AG
Thai solar calendar	550–551

Year 8 (VIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, 761 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 8 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• August 3 – Roman general Tiberius defeats the Illyrians in Dalmatia on the River Bathinus, but the Great Illyrian Revolt continues.
• Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off the engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida. An effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina.
• Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, and Lucius Apronius become Roman consuls.
• Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanța).

Europe

• Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.

Middle East

• Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.

Asia

• Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han dynasty.
• In China, Wang Mang crushes a rebellion by Chai I, and on the winter solstice (which has been dated January 10 of the following year) officially assumes the title emperor, establishing the short-lived Xin dynasty.

By topic

Arts

• After completing Metamorphoses, Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman Calendar.

Births

• Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of emperor Vespasian (d. AD 69)

Deaths

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b. 64 BC)