8

This page is about the year 8 AD. For the actual number, see eight.

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

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.

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.

Births

• Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of emperor Vespasian (d. 69)

Deaths

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general (b. 64 BC).

8 Media

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  Evolution of the numeral 8 from the Brahmi numerals to the Arabic numerals

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  The numerals 1, 4 and 8 written in text figures.

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  NATO signal flag for 8

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  In Buddhism, the 8-spoked Dharmacakra represents the Noble Eightfold Path.

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  The octagram Rub el Hizb

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  Eight ball.