AD 94
AD 94 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calpurnius [Torquatus">Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas">Calpurnius [Torquatus Asprenas|Calpurnius] and Magius Lateranus (consul 94)|Magius]. The denomination AD 94 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
- Emperor Domitian rebuilds and rededicates the Curia Julia, which had burned down in AD 64.
- Domitian banishes all Stoic philosophers from Rome.
Asia
- The Chinese General Ban Chao completes his conquest of the Tarim Basin by taking Yānqi, which is located on the strategic Silk Road.
By topic
Literature
- The Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius retires to Naples from Rome.
Births
Deaths
- Guo Gong , Eastern Han Dynasty official