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Year 294 (CCXCIV) 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 (Galerius) Maximianus{{cite book |author=Roger S. Bagnall |url={{googlebooks|5zMMAQAAMAAJ|plainurl=y}} |title=Consuls of the Later Roman Empire |author2=Alan Cameron |author3=Seth R. Schwartz |author4=Klaas A. Worp |author-link4=Klaas Worp |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1987 |isbn=1-55540-099-X |page=122 |name-list-style=amp |authorlink=Roger S. Bagnall |authorlink2=Alan Cameron (classical scholar) |authorlink3=Seth Schwartz}} (or, less frequently, year 1047 Ab urbe condita). 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.