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AD 74 (LXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus (third time) and Vespasianus (fifth time) (or, less frequently, year 827 Ab urbe condita). The denomination AD 74 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.

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Roman Empire

  • Emperor Vespasianus and his son Titus Caesar Vespasianus become Roman Consuls.
  • The Black Forest region is reattached to the Roman Empire.

    • Asia

  • The Chinese reestablish a protectorate of the Western Regions.
  • Chinese generals Dou Gu (Teou Kou) and Geng Bing (Keng Ping) take control of Turpan.

    • Arts and sciences

  • Mesopotamia: The last known cuneiform text is written.

    • Deaths

  • Caenis – Former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius;, mistress of the Roman emperor Vespasian
  • Polemon II of Pontus – Prince of the Bosporan, Pontus, Cilicia and Cappadocia

    • References

    AD 74 Wikipedia
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