AD 108

Year 108 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. In Rome at the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Trebonius and Bradua. The denomination 108 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Appius Annius Trebonius Gallus and Marcus Atilius Bradua become Roman Consuls.
By topic

Arts and sciences

Tacitus writes Histories, which covers the period from AD 69 to AD 96.
The Hypogeum of Yarhai, an underground tomb from the Syrian city of Palmyra dedicated to the family of Yarhai, is built.
Deaths
Hyacinth of Caesarea, Christian martyr