thumb|right|The Column of Phocas (Rome) __NOTOC__ 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.
thumb|right|The Column of Phocas (Rome) __NOTOC__ 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.