AD 8
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| AD 8 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | AD 8 VIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 761 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4758 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −585 |
| Berber calendar | 958 |
| Buddhist calendar | 552 |
| Burmese calendar | −630 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5516–5517 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2705 or 2498 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2706 or 2499 |
| 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 | 3108–3109 |
| Holocene calendar | 10008 |
| Iranian calendar | 614 BP – 613 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 633 BH – 632 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | AD 8 VIII |
| Korean calendar | 2341 |
| Minguo calendar | 1904 before ROC 民前1904年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1460 |
| Seleucid era | 319/320 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 550–551 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 134 or −247 or −1019 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 135 or −246 or −1018 |
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
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.[1]
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)
References
Sources
- Klingaman, William K. (1990). The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman. Harper-Collins. ISBN 978-0785822561.
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