What is 8 BC?
{{Year nav|-8}} {{Year in other calendars|year=-7|BC}} Year '''8 BC''' was either a [[common year starting on Friday]] or [[Common year starting on Saturday|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 Empire|Roman]] expansion in [[Bohemia]]. * [[Arminius]], son of a [[Cherusci|Cheruscan]] chieftain, is taken [[hostage]] to [[Rome]] where he receives a military [[education]]. == Births == {{births2}} * [[Empress Wang (Ping)|Empress Wang]] (d. [[23|AD 23]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Horace]], Roman poet (b. [[65 BC]]) * [[Gaius Maecenas|Maecenas]], Roman politician and patron of the arts (b. [[70 BC]]) * [[Empress Xu (Cheng)|Empress Xu]] [[category:8 BC]]