8
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This article is about the year 8 AD. For the actual number, see eight.
8 is a year in the 1st century.
Years : | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
Centuries: | 1st Century BC · 1st century · 2nd century |
Decades: | 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s |
Years: | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
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[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- August 3 - Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
- Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida.
- Effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina
- Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, suff. Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls.
- Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanţa).
[edit] Europe
[edit] Mid-East
- Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.
[edit] Asia
- Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- Wang Mang seizes power in China and establishes the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
- China invents paper, which is first used by the military.
[edit] Arts
- Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman Calender.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (born 64 BC).