394

This article is about the year 394. For the number (and other uses), see 394 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	360s  370s  380s  – 390s –  400s  410s  420s
Years:	391 392 393 – 394 – 395 396 397

394 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

394 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	394 CCCXCIV
Ab urbe condita	1147
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	5144
Bahá'í calendar	-1450–-1449
Bengali calendar	-199
Berber calendar	1344
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	938
Burmese calendar	-244
Byzantine calendar	5902–5903
Chinese calendar	癸巳年十一月十三日 (3030/3090-11-13) — to — 甲午年十一月廿三日 (3031/3091-11-23)
Coptic calendar	110–111
Ethiopian calendar	386–387
Hebrew calendar	4154–4155
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	450–451
- Shaka Samvat	316–317
- Kali Yuga	3495–3496
Holocene calendar	10394
Iranian calendar	228 BP – 227 BP
Islamic calendar	235 BH – 234 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2727
Minguo calendar	1518 before ROC 民前1518年
Thai solar calendar	937

The Notitia Dignitatum, with shields of the Late Roman army

Year 394 (CCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flavianus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1147 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 394 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. 394 is also the page number Professor Severus Snape asks Hogwarts students to turn to in Harry Potter's third year.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• September 6 – Battle of the Frigidus: Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the usurper Eugenius. The forces of Theodosius are bolstered by numerous auxiliaries including 20,000 Visigoth federates under Alaric. The Frankish general Arbogast (magister militum) escapes into the Alps and commits suicide.
• Late Roman army: The Notitia Dignitatum shows the development of forces in the Roman Empire. By now 200,000 soldiers guard the borders, and a reserve force of 50,000 is available for deployment. Many non-Roman soldiers are from Germanic tribes: Alamanni, Franks, Goths, Saxons and Vandals.
• Winter – The Huns cross the frozen Danube and destroy the villages build by the Goths. Theodosius I, six hundred miles away in Italy, send no reinforcements to defend the northern frontier.
• In Rome the sacred fire stops burning (see Vesta and Vestal Virgins).

Egypt

• The last known hieroglyph is written in Philae, Egypt.

China

• The last ruler of Former Qin, Fu Chong is killed in battle against an army of Western Qin, bringing Former Qin to an end.

By topic

Religion

• Epiphanius of Salamis attacks Origen's followers and urged John II, Bishop of Jerusalem, to condemn his writings.
• The Council of Bagaï in Africa brings 310 Donatist bishops together.

Births

• Gunabhadra, Indian Buddhist scholar-monk (d. 468)
• Jangsu, Korean king of Goguryeo (d. 491)

Deaths

• September 8 – Arbogast, Frankish general
• September 6 – Eugenius, Roman usurper
• Fu Chong, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin
• Fu Deng, emperor of the Di state Former Qin (b. 343)
• Libanius, Greek rhetorician and sophist (approximate date)
• Murong Yong, emperor of the Xianbei state Western Yan
• Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, Roman historian and politician (b. 334)
• Yao Chang, emperor of the Qiang state Later Qin (b. 331)