Editing 8 BC

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Year '''8 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Friday]] or [[Common year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] or a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ, see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|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]]<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0197%3Abook%3D7%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D3 7, 1, 3, p. 290]; [[Marcus Velleius Paterculus]], ''Compendium of Roman History'' [http://droitromain.upmf-grenoble.fr/Anglica/VelleiusPaterculus2_Shipley.htm#101-110 2, 108]</ref> and fights against the [[Roman Empire]]'s expansion in [[Bohemia]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maroboduus|title= Maroboduus |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 20 March 2016|website= britannica.com|publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.|access-date= 21 June 2020|quote=Maroboduus, (died AD 37, Ravenna, Italy), king of the Marcomanni who organized the first confederation of German tribes.}}</ref>
* [[Arminius]], son of a [[Cherusci|Cheruscan]] chieftain, is taken as a [[hostage]] to [[Rome]], where he receives a military [[education]].<ref name=eb>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arminius|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite]]|year=2014|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|Encyclopædia Britannica]]|location=Chicago}}</ref><ref name="Durschmied">{{cite book |last1=Durschmied |first1=Erik |title=The Weather Factor |date=11 April 2013 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1-4447-6965-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESY980GKv3cC&pg=PA1759 |language=en |page=1759}}</ref>
* After 20 years, Emperor [[Augustus]] initiates his second census of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Augustus/Res_Gestae/2*.html#ref36|title=LacusCurtius • Res Gestae Divi Augusti (II)|website=penelope.uchicago.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref>
* [[Sextilis]], the eighth month of the early [[Julian calendar]], is renamed ''Augustus'' ([[August]]) by a decree of the [[Roman Senate]] in honor of Augustus.<ref>Preserved by [[Macrobius]], ''Saturnalia'' 1.12.35; entry on ''calendarium'', in William Smith, ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'' (John Murray, London, 1875), at [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Calendarium.html#July_and_August LacusCurtius.]</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Empress Wang (Ping)|Wang]], Chinese empress of the [[Han dynasty]] (d. [[AD 23]])

== Deaths ==
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Horace]], Roman [[Lyric poetry|lyric poet]] and writer (b. [[65 BC]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Roman-poet | access-date=February 22, 2024 | title=Horace | first=Michael | last=Grant | series=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Gaius Maecenas]], Roman politician and advisor (b. [[70 BC]])
* [[Polemon I of Pontus|Polemon I]], Roman client king of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]]
* [[Empress Xu (Cheng)|Xu]], Chinese empress of the Han dynasty

== References ==
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