334 Explained

Year 334 (CCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Optatus and Caesonius (or, less frequently, year 1087 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 334 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

Roman Empire

• Flavius Dalmatius puts down a revolt in Cyprus, led by Calocaerus. Calocaerus is brought to Tarsus (Cilicia), and executed.^[1]
• The Goths protect the Danube frontier against an invasion by the Vandals.^{[2] [3]}
• Emperor Constantine the Great reauthorises gladiatorial combat.

Births

• Huiyuan, Chinese Buddhist teacher and founder of Donglin Temple (d. 416)^[4]
• Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (d. 372)^[5]
• Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, Roman historian and politician (d. 394)^[6]

Deaths

• December 5  - Li Ban, Chinese emperor of Cheng-Han (b. 288)
• Calocaerus, Roman usurper
• Li Xiong, Chinese emperor of Cheng-Han (b. 274)^[7]
• Shi Hong, Chinese emperor of the Jie state (b. 313)^[8]
• Tao Kan (or Shixing), Chinese general and politician (b. 259)^[9]
• Wei Huacun (or Xianan), Chinese religious leader (b. 252)^[10]
• Yang Nandi, Chinese general and ruler of Chouchi

Notes and References

1. Book: Pohlsander, Hans A.. The Emperor Constantine. 2004. Routledge. 978-0-415-31938-6. 78. 2nd.
2. Book: Kraitser, Charles V.. The Poles in the United States of America. 1837. Kiderlen and Stollmeyer. 17.
3. Book: Townsend, George Henry. The Manual of Dates. 1862. Routledge, Warne & Routledge. 757. 2nd.
4. Book: Zürcher, Erik. The Buddhist conquest of China. 1959. Brill Archive. 16. 1.
5. Book: Hodgkin, Thomas. Italy and Her Invaders. 1892. 1. 1. 178. 2nd. Clarendon Press.
6. Book: Adkins. Lesley. Adkins. Roy A.. Handbook to life in ancient Rome. 2004. Infobase Publishing. 978-0-8160-5026-0. 17. 2nd.
7. Book: Mutschler. Fritz-Heiner. Mittag. Achim. Conceiving the empire: China and Rome compared. 2008. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-921464-8. 397.
8. Book: Frédéric, Louis. Encyclopaedia of Asian civilizations. 1977. 3. 178.
9. Book: Pearce, Scott. Spiro. Audrey G.. Ebrey. Patricia Buckley. Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200–600. 2001. Harvard Univ Asia Center. 978-0-674-00523-5. 76.
10. Book: Liu. Cheng-Tsai. Zheng-Cai. Liu. Hua. Ka. A Study of Daoist Acupuncture. 1999. Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.. 978-1-891845-08-6. 17.