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The year 234 (CCXXXIV) was a common year beginning on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named as that of the consulate of Pupienus and Sila or, less commonly, as 987 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as < i>234 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

Roman Empire

• Emperor Alexander Severo buys peace from the alamanes. This act increases its fame of inability and unpopularity, which leads to its murder the following year.
• Pupieno, who will be Roman emperor briefly in 238, exercises the consulate.

Asian

• Zhuge Liang of the kingdom of Shu embarked on his last northern expedition against the kingdom of Wei.

Deaths

• Zhuge Liang, Chinese strategist.
• Cotis III of the Bosphorus, King of Bosphorus.