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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
• The Sassanids attack Dara and capture Antioch.

Europe

• Ostrogoth king Witiges is succeeded by Ildibad.
• High King Custennin ap Cado of Britain is deposed and returns to Dumnonia.

By Topic

Religion

• Pope Vigilius in letters to Emperor Justinian and Patriarch Mennas of Constantinople rejects Monophysitism.

Births

• Pope Gregory I (approximate date)
• Galswintha, wife of Chilperic I of Neustria
• Myrddin Wyllt, later wild man of the woods and possible source for Merlin (approximate date).

Deaths

• Dionysius Exiguus (approximate date)
• Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths

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