8 BC

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

8 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	8 BC
Ab urbe condita	746
Ancient Greek era	193rd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4743
Bengali calendar	−600
Berber calendar	943
Buddhist calendar	537
Burmese calendar	−645
Byzantine calendar	5501–5502
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2689 or 2629     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2690 or 2630
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	3094–3095
Holocene calendar	9993
Iranian calendar	629 BP – 628 BP
Islamic calendar	648 BH – 647 BH
Julian calendar	8 BC
Korean calendar	2326
Minguo calendar	1919 before ROC 民前1919年
Seleucid era	304/305 AG
Thai solar calendar	535–536

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 Gallus (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

By place

Roman Empire

• King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni and fights against the Roman Empire expansion in Bohemia.
• Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken hostage to Rome where he receives a military education.

Births

• Empress Wang (d. AD 23)

Deaths

• November 27 – Horace, Roman poet (b. 65 BC)
• Maecenas, Roman politician and patron of the arts (b. 70 BC)
• Empress Xu

References