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Use mdy dates|date=February 2011Year dab|8Year nav|8M1 year in topic NOTOC Year 8 ( Roman numerals|VIII ) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, ' year 761 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 8 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
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Roman Empire
August 3 & ndash; Roman Empire|Roman general Tiberius defeats the Illyrians in Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia on the River Bathinus, but the Great Illyrian Revolt continues.
Vipsania Julia is exiled. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1)|Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his family are disgraced. Augustus breaks off the engagement of Claudius to Paullus' daughter Aemilia Lepida . An effort is made to betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina .
Marcus Furius Camillus (consul of 8 AD)|Marcus Furius Camillus , Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, and Lucius Apronius become List of Early Imperial Roman Consuls|Roman Consuls .
Ancient Rome|Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanta ).
Europe
Tincomarus , deposed king of the Atrebates , flees Great Britain|Britain for Rome ; Eppillus becomes king.
Middle East
Vonones I of Parthia|Vonones I becomes king of Parthia .
Asia
Start of Chushi era of the China|Chinese Han Dynasty .
In China , Wang Mang crushes a rebellion by Chai I , and on the winter solstice (which has been dated January 10 of the following year) officially assumes the title emperor, establishing the short-lived Xin Dynasty .Klingaman, William K., The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman , 1990, p 67
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After completing Metamorphoses , Ovid begins the Fasti (poem)|Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman Calendar.
Births
Titus Flavius Sabinus (consul 47)|Titus Flavius Sabinus , Roman consul and brother of emperor Vespasian (d. 69|AD 69 )
Deaths
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus , Roman Empire|Roman general (b. 64 BC )