8
This page is about the year 8 AD. For the actual number, see eight.
8 (VIII) is a leap year of the Julian calendar which started on a Sunday. According to the Gregorian calendar, it started on a Tuesday. It was the 8th year of the 1st century.
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).
- Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year.
Europe
- Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.
Mid-East
- Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.
- 8 or 9 CE: Attambelos II. dies and is being replaced by Abinergaos I. who is becoming the new King of Characene.
Asia
- Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
- China invents paper, which is first used by the military.
Births
- Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of emperor Vespasian (d. 69)
Deaths
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b. 64 BC).
Written for younger readers
8, in simpler words
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From Wikijunior: Small Numbers
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