614

Year 614 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 614 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

Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628:
* The Levantine cities of Caesarea Maritima, Arsuf, and Tiberias surrender on terms to the Sasanians.
* Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem: A Persian–Judaean army commanded by Shahrbaraz captures and sacks Jerusalem, after a 20-day siege against the Byzantine Empire. Somewhere between 57,000 and 66,500 citizens are slain; another 35,000 are enslaved, including the Patriarch Zacharias. Many churches in the city are burned, and numerous relics, including the True Cross, the Holy Lance, and the Holy Sponge, are carried off to the Persian capital Ctesiphon.
The Persians destroy the Ghassanid Kingdom, a vassal state of the Byzantine Empire.
Europe
October 18 - King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris, a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles and the church, and regulates the appointment of counts, while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.
The Palace of Diocletian in Split is damaged by the Avars, who sack the nearby city of Salona. The population flees to the walled palace, which is able to hold out.
Britain
Battle of Bampton: King Cynegils of Wessex defeats the invading Britons in Dumnonia. They use the Roman road eastward from Exeter to Dorchester, and are intercepted by the West Saxons marching south.
By topic

The Sudarium of Oviedo is taken from Palestine, after the invasion of the Sassanid Persians.