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Instance of
year
Part of
600s
Followed by
609
Follows
607
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topic's main category
Category:608
point in time
0608-01-01
Commons category
608
category for births in this time period
Category:608 births
category for deaths in this time period
Category:608 deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

The Column of Phocas (Rome)

Year 608 (DCVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 608 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.

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