294
Year 294 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius. The denomination 294 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
- Galerius, Roman Caesar in the Balkans, proves his worth in campaigning on the Danube frontier, fighting the Goths, Marcomanni, Sarmatians, and Carpi.
- Galerius is given the job of land reclamation and repopulation, moving the entire tribe of the Carpi to settlements within the Roman Empire.
- Emperor Diocletian goes, with the young Constantine I the Great on his staff, to Egypt. He besieges Alexandria, and deposes "emperor" Achilleus.
China
- Tuoba Luguan succeeds his nephew Tuoba Fu as chieftain of the Tuoba clan.
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