Calendar year
Gladiators from theZliten mosaic (Libya )Year334 (CCCXXXIV common year starting on Tuesday of theJulian calendar . At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Optatus and Caesonius (or, less frequently,year 1087Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 334 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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