Year 204 (CCIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday 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.

• Lucius Fabius Cilo and Marcus Annius Flavius Libo become Roman Consuls.
• The Daysan River floods Edessa.

• Gongsun Kang, Chinese warlord of Liaodong, establishes the Daifang Commandery in northern Korea.^[1]
• Battle of Ye: Warlord Cao Cao lays siege to and captures the military headquarter of Yuan Shao in Ye.

• A trade recession in the Leptis Magna region (Africa) is alleviated by Emperor Septimius Severus, who buys up the country's olive oil for free distribution in Rome.

• 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, Chinese historian (d. 273)
• Zhuge Qiao, Chinese official and general (d. 228)

• Gongsun Du, Chinese general and warlord (b. 150)
• Ren Jun, Chinese general under Cao Cao
• Shen Pei, Chinese official and minister
• Xin Ping, Chinese official and minister
• Xu You, Chinese adviser and strategist