AD 8 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 "AD 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
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August 3 – Roman general
Tiberius defeats the
Illyrians in
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
on the River Bathinus, but the
Great Illyrian Revolt continues.
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Vipsania Julia
Vipsania Julia Agrippina (19 BC – c. AD 29) nicknamed Julia Minor (Classical Latin: IVLIA•MINOR) and called Julia the Younger by modern historians, was a Roman noblewoman of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was emperor Augustus' first grandda ...
is exiled.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced.
Augustus breaks off the engagement of
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...
to Paullus' daughter
Aemilia Lepida
Aemilia Lepida is the name of several ancient Roman women belonging to the ''gens Aemilia''. The name was given to daughters of men belonging to the Lepidus branch of the Aemilius family. The first Aemilia Lepida to be mentioned by Roman historian ...
. An effort is made to betroth Claudius to
Livia Medullina Camilla.
* Roman
poet Ovid is banished from
Rome and exiled to the
Black Sea near Tomis (modern-day
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
).
Europe
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Tincomarus, deposed king of the
Atrebates
The Atrebates (Gaulish: *''Atrebatis'', 'dwellers, land-owners, possessors of the soil') were a Belgic tribe of the Iron Age and the Roman period, originally dwelling in the Artois region.
After the tribes of Gallia Belgica were defeated by Caes ...
, flees
Britain for Rome;
Eppillus becomes king.
Persia
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Vonones I becomes king (''
shah'') of the
Parthian Empire.
Judea
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Finding in the Temple: Jesus is found in the Temple of
Jerusalem reasoning with the learned men of
Judea.
China
* Start of Chushi era of the Chinese
Han Dynasty.
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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.
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
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Drusus Caesar, member of the
Julio-Claudian Dynasty
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(d.
AD 33
AD 33 ( XXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman world as the Year of the Consulship of Ocella and Sulla (or, less frequently, year 786 '' ...
)
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Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of
Vespasian (d.
AD 69)
Deaths
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Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b.
64 BC)
References
Sources
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