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 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	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 119 or −262 or −1034     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 120 or −261 or −1033

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