-8

This page relates to the year -8 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Installation of the Sicambres on left bank of the the Rhine;
Auguste is in Gaulle;
Caius César, grandson of Auguste, is presented to the Army of the Rhine.
the Roman Sénat “offers” to the emperor Auguste the month which was called Sextilis in the Calendrier Julien. This new name: majestic , will become August in French;

Company

Census: 4 233 000 Roman citizens in the empire (Italy).
Civil statue with Rome.

Religion

Date supposed of the Massacre of the innocent and the Escape in Egypt.

Art & culture

older known trace of Paper to date, in China.
Inauguration of the Amphitheater of Mérida.

Births

Jean-Baptiste, preacher in Palestine (assumption).
Jesus-Christ, regarded by the Christians as the Messiah (date supposed between -8 and -2)

Death

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