8 BC Facts for Kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	30s BC 20s BC 10s BC – 0s BC – 0s 10s 20s
Years:	11 BC 10 BC 9 BC – 8 BC – 7 BC 6 BC 5 BC

8 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	8 BC VII 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) 2689 or 2629 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2690 or 2630
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 VII 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 of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Gallus.

Events

King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni. He fights against the Roman expansion in Bohemia.
Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken hostage to Rome where he receives a military education.