Year by year · 4th century

394 CE

394 CE in world history: 4 events, 1 birth, 5 deaths and 2 states that came to an end. 138 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 5 September

    The Battle of the Frigidus opens between Theodosius I and Eugenius

    On the river Frigidus, probably the Vipava in present-day Slovenia, the western usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast held their positions against the eastern emperor Theodosius I on the first day of battle. Theodosius won on the second.

    Battle of the FrigidusTheodosius I

  2. 6 September

    Theodosius I defeats Eugenius at the Frigidus

    Emperor Theodosius defeated the usurper Eugenius, backed by the pagan senatorial aristocracy, in a two-day battle in the Julian Alps. Traditional Roman religion lost its last political champion.

    Theodosius I
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In the profiles

Born in 394 CE 1

Died in 394 CE 5

States that came to an end 2

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