8 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 8 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 8 BC VIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 746 |
| Ancient Greek era | 193rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4743 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −600 |
| Berber calendar | 943 |
| Buddhist calendar | 537 |
| Burmese calendar | −645 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5501–5502 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2690 or 2483 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2691 or 2484 |
| Coptic calendar | −291 – −290 |
| Discordian calendar | 1159 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −15 – −14 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3753–3754 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 49–50 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3093–3094 |
| Holocene calendar | 9993 |
| Iranian calendar | 629 BP – 628 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 648 BH – 647 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 8 BC VIII BC |
| Korean calendar | 2326 |
| Minguo calendar | 1919 before ROC 民前1919年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1475 |
| Seleucid era | 304/305 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 535–536 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 119 or −262 or −1034 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 120 or −261 or −1033 |
Year 8 BC was either a common year starting on Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Gaius Asinius (or, less frequently, year 746 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 8 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.
Events
- King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni[1] and fights against the Roman Empire's expansion in Bohemia.[2]
- Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken as a hostage to Rome, where he receives a military education.[3][4]
- After 20 years, Emperor Augustus initiates his second census of the Roman Empire.[5]
- Sextilis, the eighth month of the early Julian calendar, is renamed Augustus (August) by a decree of the Roman Senate in honor of Augustus.[6]
Births
- Wang, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (d. AD 23)
Deaths
- November 27 – Horace, Roman lyric poet and writer (b. 65 BC)[7]
- Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician and advisor (b. 70 BC)
- Polemon I, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom
- Xu, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty
References
- ^ 7, 1, 3, p. 290; Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History 2, 108
- ^ "Maroboduus". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. March 20, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
Maroboduus, (died AD 37, Ravenna, Italy), king of the Marcomanni who organized the first confederation of German tribes.
- ^ "Arminius". Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014.
- ^ Durschmied, Erik (April 11, 2013). The Weather Factor. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 1759. ISBN 978-1-4447-6965-4.
- ^ "LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ Preserved by Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12.35; entry on calendarium, in William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (John Murray, London, 1875), at LacusCurtius.
- ^ Grant, Michael. "Horace". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 22, 2024.