8
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This article is about the year 8. For other uses of 8, see 8 (number).
| Years: 3 4 5 6 7 – 8 – 9 10 11 12 13 | |
| Decades: 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC – 0s – 10s 20s 30s | |
| Centuries: 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century | |
Events
- Ovid is banished to the Black Sea; his Ars Amatoria contains the first reference to the board game Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum.
- Vipsania Julia banished
- The Ara Pacis ("altar to peace") is built by Augustus.
- Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, suff. Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls
- Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.
- Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty; Wang Mang seizes power in China and establishes the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
- Tincommius, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.
Deaths
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general
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