8 - Definition and Overview

For other uses, see number 8.

Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century

Decades: 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC - 0s - 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s

Years: 3 4 5 6 7 - 8 - 9 10 11 12 13

Events

• Ovid is banished to the Black Sea; his Ars Amatoria contains the first reference to the board game Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum.
• The Ara Pacis ("altar to peace") is built by Augustus.
• Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, suff. Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls

Deaths

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general