AD 8

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• August 3 - Roman general Tiberius defeats the Illyrians in Dalmatia on the River Bathinus, but the Great Illyrian Revolt continues.
• Vipsania Julia is exiled. 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 Camilla.
• Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, and Lucius Apronius become Roman consuls.
• Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis.

  Europe

• Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.

  Persia

• Vonones I becomes king of the Parthian Empire.

  Judea

• Jesus is found in the Temple of Jerusalem reasoning with the learned men of Judea.

  China

• Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Wang Mang crushes a rebellion by Chai I, and on the winter solstice officially assumes the title emperor, establishing the short-lived Xin Dynasty.

  By topic

Arts

• After completing Metamorphoses, Ovid begins the Fasti, 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman calendar.

  Births

• Drusus Caesar, member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
• Titus Flavius Sabinus, Roman consul and brother of Vespasian

  Deaths

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general