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[[File:Augustins - Saint Jean Chrysostome et l'Impératrice Eudoxie - Jean Paul Laurens 2004 1 156.jpg|thumb|[[John Chrysostom]] confronting Empress [[Aelia Eudoxia|Eudoxia]], by [[Jean-Paul Laurens]]]]
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Year '''404''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Honorius]] and [[Aristaenetus (consul)|Aristaenetus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1157 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 404 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; Last known [[gladiator]] fight in [[Rome]]: This date is usually given as the date of the martyrdom of [[Saint Telemachus]], a Christian [[monk]] who was stoned by the crowd for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in a Roman amphitheatre.
* [[October 6]] &ndash; Empress [[Aelia Eudoxia|Eudoxia]] has her seventh and last [[pregnancy]], which ends in a [[miscarriage]]. She is left [[bleeding]] and dies of an [[infection]] shortly after.
* [[Fravitta]], a Goth serving the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]] as a high-ranking general, is executed on the behest of a powerful official named [[Joannes|Ioannes]]. Fravitta is executed because he accused Ioannes of pitting [[Arcadius|Emperor Arcadius]] and [[Honorius (emperor)|Emperor Honorius]] (of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, respectively) against each other. The execution of Fravitta results in the Eastern Roman Empire losing one of their most loyal and competent generals.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Elton|first=Hugh|date=1996|title=Fravitta and Barbarian Career Opportunities in Constantinople|journal=Medieval Prosopography|volume=17|issue=1|pages=95–106|jstor=44946209|issn=0198-9405}}</ref> (404 or 405)

==== Asia ====
* [[Gwanggaeto the Great]] of [[Goguryeo]] ([[Korea]]) attacks [[Liaodong]] and takes the entire Liaodong Peninsula.
* The [[China|Chinese]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk [[Huiyuan (Buddhist)|Huiyuan]], who founded the [[Pure Land Buddhism]] sect and the monastery on [[Mount Lushan]], writes the book ''On Why Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings'' in this year. In his book he argues that although the Buddhist clergy should remain independent and undisturbed by politics, the Buddhist laymen nonetheless make good subjects under monarchs, due to their fear of retribution of [[karma]] and desire to be reborn in paradise.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Eudoxia exiles [[John Chrysostom]], [[Archbishop|bishop]] of [[Constantinople]], for criticizing her sumptuous lifestyle. He is banished to the [[Caucasus]] in [[Armenia]]. Pope [[Pope Innocent I|Innocent I]] at Rome orders a [[synod]] to reinstate the bishop, but his envoys are imprisoned. [[Archbishop Atticus of Constantinople|Atticus]] becomes the new [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|bishop of Constantinople]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Saint Telemachus|Telemachus]], Christian [[monk]] and [[martyr]]
* February &ndash; [[Flavian I of Antioch|Flavian I]], [[Patriarch of Antioch]]
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Huan Xuan]], [[warlord]] and emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. [[369]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Aelia Eudoxia]], [[List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses|Roman Empress]] and wife of [[Arcadius]]
* [[Claudian]], Roman poet (approximate date)
* [[Empress He Fani|He Fani]], empress of the [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin dynasty]] (b. [[339]])
* [[Saint Paula|Paula]], [[Desert Mother]] and [[saint]] (b. [[347]])

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