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Sunday, August 5, 8 (Julianian calendar)

Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for RomeEppillus becomes king.
Marcus Furius Camillus, Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus, and Lucius Apronius become Roman Consuls.
RomanpoetOvid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (present-day Constanţa).
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.Klingaman, William K., "The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman", 1990, p 67
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.
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 betrothe Claudius to Livia Medullina.
Vonones I becomes king of Parthia.
Roman general Tiberius defeats the Illyrians in Dalmatia on the River Bathinus, but the Great Illyrian Revolt continues.
Source: Wikipedia