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Year '''204''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Cilo and Flavius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 957 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 204 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 ====
* [[Lucius Fabius Cilo]] and [[Marcus Annius Flavius Libo]] become [[Roman Consul]]s.
* The [[Daysan River]] floods [[Edessa, Mesopotamia|Edessa]].
==== China ====
* [[Gongsun Kang]], Chinese warlord of [[Liaodong]], establishes the [[Daifang Commandery]] in northern [[Korea]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barnes |first=Gina L. |title=State formation in Korea: historical and archaeological perspectives |last2=Barnes |first2=Gina Lee |date=2001 |publisher=Curzon |isbn=978-0-7007-1323-3 |series=Durham East Asia series |location=Richmond, Surrey |pages=17}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Ye]]: Warlord [[Cao Cao]] lays siege to and captures the military headquarter of [[Yuan Shao]] in [[Ye (Hebei)|Ye]].
=== By topic ===
==== Commerce ====
* A trade [[recession]] in the [[Leptis Magna]] region ([[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]]) is alleviated by Emperor [[Septimius Severus]], who buys up the country's [[olive oil]] for free distribution in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
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== Births ==
* [[Cao Rui]], Chinese emperor of [[Cao Wei]] (d. [[239]])
* [[Dong Jue]], Chinese official and general
* [[Elagabalus]], Roman emperor (d. [[222]])
* [[Philip the Arab]], Roman emperor (d. [[249]])
* [[Wei Zhao (Three Kingdoms)|Wei Zhao]], Chinese historian (d. [[273]])
* [[Zhuge Qiao]], Chinese official and general (d. [[228]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Gongsun Du]], Chinese general and warlord (b. [[150 AD|150]])
* [[Ren Jun]], Chinese general under [[Cao Cao]]
* [[Shen Pei]], Chinese official and minister
* [[Xin Ping]], Chinese official and minister
* [[Xu You (Han Dynasty)|Xu You]], Chinese adviser and strategist
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