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AD 8 (VIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, 761 Ab urbe condita). The denomination "AD 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.

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 betrothed Claudius to Livia Medullina. 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 (present-day Constanța).

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

Persia
Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.

Judea
Yehoshua Ben Yosef is found in the Temple of Jerusalem reasoning with the learned men of Judea.

China
Start of Chushi era of the 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.

Arts
After completing Metamorphoses, Ovid begins the Fasti (Festivals), 6 books that detail the first 6 months of the year and provide valuable insights into the Roman Calendar.

Sarans
Ebonee, the III dies in a very suspicious accident stumbling of the Falcon Throne and breaking her neck. Eyewitnesses report her to be intoxicated. Saran internal instability comes at a very bad time. The Ult retaliate and the Ult-Saran war is in full swing. Ebonee, the IIIrd becomes known as the One Year Queen. All four dynasties claim rights to the throne, as Ebonee did not have any verifiable off-spring. The House of Nilathe is declared the justified dynasty by the High Priestess and Queen Net, the First ascents to the Throne.

Pan Sarans

Pan Sarans use the Saran internal troubles and the Ult - Saran war to cement their position. The Vrill continue to support the Pan sarans. The Pan Sarans desperatley look for an identity of themselves, a Vrill commandant takes a delegation of Pan Sarans to Earth. (Becomes known as the Pan Saran Spark)

Xunx

The Xunx war (Internal) reaches climax, the Brown Xunx are now on the march and begin with the cyclic genocide against the Green Xunx