8 BC
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| Gregorian calendar | 8 BC VII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 746 |
| Ancient Greek era | 193rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4743 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| 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 | 3093–3094 |
| Holocene calendar | 9993 |
| Iranian calendar | 629 BP – 628 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 648 BH – 647 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 8 BC VII BC |
| Korean calendar | 2326 |
| Minguo calendar | 1919 before ROC 民前1919年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1475 |
| Seleucid era | 304/305 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 535–536 |
| Tibetan calendar | ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Water-Rat) 119 or −262 or −1034 — to — ཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Water-Ox) 120 or −261 or −1033 |
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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)
Deaths
- 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