8 BC

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

8 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	8 BC VIII 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) 2690 or 2483     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2691 or 2484
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 VIII 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 or a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Gaius Asinius (or, less frequently, year 746 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 8 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

• King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni and fights against the Roman Empire's expansion in Bohemia.
• Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken as a hostage to Rome, where he receives a military education.
• After 20 years, Emperor Augustus initiates his second census of the Roman Empire.
• Sextilis, the eighth month of the early Julian calendar, is renamed Augustus (August) by a decree of the Roman Senate in honor of Augustus.

Births

• Wang, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (d. AD 23)

Deaths

• November 27 – Horace, Roman lyric poet and writer (b. 65 BC)
• Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician and advisor (b. 70 BC)
• Polemon I, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom
• Xu, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty