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Year 374 (CCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Equitius (or, less frequently, year 1127 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 374 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 ==
- The Quadi cross the Danube and begin ravaging Pannonia. They avoid the fortified cities and plunder the unprotected countryside.{{cite book|last1=Cameron|first1=Averil|last2=Garnsey|first2=Peter|title=The late Empire, A.D. 337–425|year=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-30200-5|page=85|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdoUNivK_hsC&dq=Quadi+Danube+374&pg=PA85|edition=2nd}}
== Mesoamerica ==
- May 4 – Spearthrower Owl ascends to the throne and becomes ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico).{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Simon|last2=Grube|first2=Nikolai|title=Chronicle of the Maya kings and queens: deciphering the dynasties of the ancient Maya|year=2008|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-28726-2|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSIcAQAAIAAJ&q=4+May+374|edition=2nd}}
= By topic =
== Religion ==
- December 7 – The people of Milan astonish Ambrosius, governor of Aemilia-Liguria, by acclaiming him bishop. He is the second son of the former praetorian prefect of Gaul, and becomes a creative thinker whose ideas will provide the paradigm for medieval church-state relations.{{cite book|last=Guiley|first=Rosemary|title=The encyclopedia of saints|year=2001|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4134-3|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABkgU0GOBbcC&dq=Ambrosius+Milan+7+December+374&pg=PA14}}
Births
- Fu Liang (or Jiyou), Chinese official and politician (d. 426){{cite book|last1=Hyŏngnyŏn|first1=Chŏng|author-link1=Hyongnyon Chong|translator-last1=Buzo|translator-first1=Adrian|translator-last2=Prince|translator-first2=Tony|title=Kyunyŏ-jŏn: the life, times and songs of a tenth century Korean monk|year=1993|publisher=Wild Peony|isbn=978-0-646-14772-7|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cznYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fu+Liang%22}}
- Gwanggaeto the Great, Korean king of Goguryeo (d. 412){{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Hugh Dyson|title=East Asia: A New History|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781477265161|page=137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBvRs-za0CIC&dq=East+Asia:+A+New+History+391–412&pg=PA137|access-date=21 January 2025|language=en|date=November 2012}}
Deaths
- January 2 – Gregory the Elder, Christian bishop and saint (b. 276){{cite book|last=Van Dam|first=Raymond|title=Families and friends in late Roman Cappadocia|year=2003|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-3712-2|page=200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ctkgOjpJWSQC&dq=Gregory+the+Elder+died+374&pg=PA200}}
- April 20 – Marcellinus of Gaul (or Marcellin), Christian bishop
- November 17 – Pap of Armenia (or Papas), king of Armenia
- Auxentius of Milan, Christian bishop and theologian
- Marcellus of Ancyra, Christian bishop and saint
- Pushyavarman, Indian ruler of Kamarupa