Editing AD 74

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'''AD 74''' ('''[[Roman numerals|LXXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Titus]] (third time) and [[Vespasian]] (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.

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Vespasian]] and his son [[Titus|Titus Caesar Vespasianus]] become [[Roman Consul]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chronography_of_354_08_fasti.htm |title=The Chronography of 354 AD. Part 8: Consular feasts from the fall of the kings to AD 354}}</ref>
* The [[Black Forest]] region is reattached to the [[Roman Empire]].{{citation needed |date=November 2024}}
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Vespasian grants generous privileges to doctors and teachers.{{citation needed |date=November 2024}}

==== Asia ====
* [[Emperor Ming of Han]] appoints [[Chen Mu]] to the revived office of [[Protectorate of the Western Regions|Protector of the Western Regions]].<ref name="knowledge">{{cite web | url=http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/xiyu.html | title=The Western Territories (西域) |website=ChinaKnowledge.de |date=23 Oct 2011 |first=Urlich |last=Theobald }}</ref> 
* Chinese generals [[Dou Gu]] (Teou Kou) and Geng Bing (Keng Ping) take control of [[Turpan]].{{citation needed |date=November 2021}}

=== By topic ===

==== Arts and Science ====
* [[Mesopotamia]]: The last known [[cuneiform]] text is written.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Westenholz|first1=Aage|date=December 18, 2007|title=The Graeco-Babyloniaca Once Again|url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/zava/97/2/article-p262.xml|journal=Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie|volume=97|issue=2|page=294|doi=10.1515/ZA.2007.014|s2cid=161908528|quote=The latest datable cuneiform tablet that we have today concerns astronomical events of 75 AD and comes from Babylon. It provides a ''terminus post quem'', at least for Babylon.}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Pope Hyginus|Hyginus]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]{{citation needed |date=November 2024 |reason=no birth year listed on main article}}

== Deaths ==
* [[Caenis]], Roman slave and secretary of [[Antonia Minor]] (mother of Emperor [[Claudius]]) and mistress of Emperor [[Vespasian]]
* [[Polemon II of Pontus|Polemon II]], prince of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]], [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]], [[Cilicia]] and [[Cappadocia]]

== References ==
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