# 608

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Year **608** (**[DCVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Monday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Monday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 608 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

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### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- [Heraclian revolt](/source/Heraclian_revolt): [Heraclius the Elder](/source/Heraclius_the_Elder), [exarch of Africa](/source/Exarchate_of_Africa), and his son (also named [Heraclius](/source/Heraclius)) revolt against Emperor [Phocas](/source/Phocas), whose regime in [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) has become unpopular and violent.[1]
- Heraclius proclaims himself and his son as [consuls](/source/Roman_consul), claiming the imperial title—and mint coins with the two wearing the consular robes.[2] [Syria](/source/Syria_(Roman_province)) and [Palaestina Prima](/source/Palaestina_Prima) revolt.
- [Byzantine–Persian War](/source/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sassanid_War_of_602%E2%80%93628#Heraclius'_rebellion): King [Khosrau II](/source/Khosrau_II) invades [Armenia](/source/Armenia), and raids deep into [Anatolia](/source/Anatolia) through the [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) provinces of [Cappadocia](/source/Cappadocia), [Phrygia](/source/Phrygia), [Galatia](/source/Galatia), and [Bithynia](/source/Bithynia).

#### Europe

- [August 1](/source/August_1) – The [Column of Phocas](/source/Column_of_Phocas) at [Rome](/source/Rome) is dedicated in honour of Phocas. The [Corinthian column](/source/Corinthian_order) has a height of 13.6 m (44 ft).

#### Britain

- [Eochaid Buide](/source/Eochaid_Buide) succeeds his father [Áedán mac Gabráin](/source/%C3%81ed%C3%A1n_mac_Gabr%C3%A1in) as king of [Dál Riata](/source/D%C3%A1l_Riata) (modern [Scotland](/source/Scotland)).

#### Asia

- [Sui dynasty](/source/Sui_dynasty) [Emperor Yang of Sui](/source/Emperor_Yang_of_Sui) expresses the desire to control routes to the West, leading to two and a half centuries of Chinese military and trading activities in [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia).

### By topic

#### Religion

- [September 25](/source/September_25) – Pope [Boniface IV](/source/Pope_Boniface_IV) succeeds [Boniface III](/source/Pope_Boniface_III), as the 67th [pope](/source/Pope) of Rome.
- The observance of [Halloween](/source/Halloween) in the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) is first recorded.
- The [Georgian Orthodox Church](/source/Georgian_Orthodox_Church) returns to [Chalcedonism](/source/Chalcedonian_Christianity) (approximate date).

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## Births

- [Charibert II](/source/Charibert_II), king of [Aquitaine](/source/Kingdom_of_Aquitaine) (approximate date)
- [Philibert of Jumièges](/source/Philibert_of_Jumi%C3%A8ges), Frankish [abbot](/source/Abbot) (approximate date)

## Deaths

- [Áedán mac Gabráin](/source/%C3%81ed%C3%A1n_mac_Gabr%C3%A1in), king of [Dál Riata](/source/D%C3%A1l_Riata)[3]

## References

1. Essential Histories: Rome at War AD 293–696 (2002), Michael Whitby, p. 60. ISBN 1-84176-359-4

1. Kaegi 2003, p. 41

1. *The Oxford companion to Scottish history*. Oxford University Press. February 24, 2011. p. 5. ISBN 9780199693054.

## Sources

- Kaegi, Walter Emil (2003). [*Heraclius: Emperor of Byzantium*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81459-6.

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