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

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Year 8 BC was either a common year starting on Friday or Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Gallus.

Events

• King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni. He fights against the Roman 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)

8 BC Media

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  Albrecht Altdorfer's painting the Adoration of the Magi (made ca. 1530) is one of several works of art concerning the Navity of Jesus. Though Jesus's exact birthdate is unknown (other than it would have occurred sometime during this decade)

for more information, see Category:8 BC deaths.

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