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394 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 394
CCCXCIV

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Ab urbe condita| 1147
Assyrian calendar| 5144
Balinese saka calendar| 315–316
Bengali calendar| −200 – −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| ཆུ་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་
(female Water-Snake)
520 or 139 or −633
— to —
ཤིང་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Wood-Horse)
521 or 140 or −632
The Notitia Dignitatum, with shields of the Late Roman army

Year 394 (CCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Sunday 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.

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#### Roman Empire

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* 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

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* The last known hieroglyphic inscription, known as the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, is written in Philae, Egypt.

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

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#### Religion

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* 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

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

## Deaths

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* 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)

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