394

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 in Western Europe 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.

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

394 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	394 CCCXCIV
Ab urbe condita	1147
Assyrian calendar	5144
Balinese saka calendar	315–316
Bengali calendar	−199
Berber calendar	1344
Buddhist calendar	938
Burmese calendar	−244
Byzantine calendar	5902–5903
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3091 or 2884     — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3092 or 2885
Coptic calendar	110–111
Discordian calendar	1560
Ethiopian calendar	386–387
Hebrew calendar	4154–4155
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	450–451
- Shaka Samvat	315–316
- Kali Yuga	3494–3495
Holocene calendar	10394
Iranian calendar	228 BP – 227 BP
Islamic calendar	235 BH – 234 BH
Javanese calendar	277–278
Julian calendar	394 CCCXCIV
Korean calendar	2727
Minguo calendar	1518 before ROC 民前1518年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1074
Seleucid era	705/706 AG
Thai solar calendar	936–937
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 520 or 139 or −633     — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 521 or 140 or −632

The Notitia Dignitatum, with shields of the Late Roman army

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 built by the Goths. Theodosius I, six hundred miles away in Italy, sends no reinforcements to defend the northern frontier.
• In Rome, the sacred fire stops burning (see Vesta and Vestal Virgins).

Egypt

• The last known hieroglyphic inscription, known as the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, 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 urges 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 6 – Eugenius, Roman usurper
• September 8 – Arbogast, Frankish general
• Fu Chong, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin
• Fu Deng, emperor of the Di state Former Qin (b. 343)
• 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)