174

This article is about the year 174. For the number, see 174 (number). For the year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar, see 174 BC. For other uses, see 174 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	150s 160s 170s 180s 190s
Years:	171 172 173 174 175 176 177

174 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	174 CLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	927
Assyrian calendar	4924
Balinese saka calendar	95–96
Bengali calendar	−419
Berber calendar	1124
Buddhist calendar	718
Burmese calendar	−464
Byzantine calendar	5682–5683
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2871 or 2664     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2872 or 2665
Coptic calendar	−110 – −109
Discordian calendar	1340
Ethiopian calendar	166–167
Hebrew calendar	3934–3935
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	230–231
- Shaka Samvat	95–96
- Kali Yuga	3274–3275
Holocene calendar	10174
Iranian calendar	448 BP – 447 BP
Islamic calendar	462 BH – 461 BH
Javanese calendar	50–51
Julian calendar	174 CLXXIV
Korean calendar	2507
Minguo calendar	1738 before ROC 民前1738年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1294
Seleucid era	485/486 AG
Thai solar calendar	716–717
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 300 or −81 or −853     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 301 or −80 or −852

Year 174 (CLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 927 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 174 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

• Empress Faustina the Younger accompanies her husband, Marcus Aurelius, on various military campaigns and enjoys the love of the Roman soldiers. Aurelius gives her the title of Mater Castrorum ("Mother of the Camp").
• Marcus Aurelius officially confers the title Fulminata ("Thundering") to the Legio XII Fulminata.

Asia

• Reign in India of Yajnashri Satakarni, Satavahana king of the Andhra. He extends his empire from the center to the north of India.

By topic

Art and Science

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is written, in Greek, while on military campaigns in Pannonia (approximate date).

Religion

• Pope Eleuterus succeeds Pope Soter as the thirteenth pope (approximate date).

Births

• Gao Rou, Chinese general and politician (d. 263)
• Jia Kui, Chinese general and politician (d. 228)
• Tuoba Liwei, Chinese leader of the Tuoba clan (d. 277)
• Zhuge Jin, Chinese general and politician (d. 241)

Deaths

• Soter (or Sorterius), bishop of Rome (approximate date)
• Tiberius Julius Eupator, Roman client king