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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Britannia ====
* [[Geraint son of Erbin|Battle of Llongborth]] (possibly [[Langport]] or [[Portsmouth]]): King [[Budic II of Brittany]] seeks refuge at the court of [[Aergol Lawhir]], in [[Dyfed]] ([[Wales]]) after the battle.

==== Europe ====
* King [[Theodoric the Great]] raises the [[Franks|Frankish]] siege at [[Arles]]; the city is heroically defended by its inhabitants, assisted by the Ostrogothic general [[Theudis]]. The [[Ostrogoths]] overrun [[Provence]] (Southern [[Gaul]]), and consolidate their gains in the region.
* Theodoric the Great appoints his friend [[Boethius|Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius]], Roman [[philosopher]], to the rank of [[consul]] of the [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kaylor |first=Noel Harold |title=A companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages |last2=Phillips |first2=Philip Edwards |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-90-04-18354-4 |series=Brill's companions to the Christian tradition |location=Leiden |pages=23}}</ref>

==== Persian Empire ====
* The [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian Persians]] conquer the independent kingdom of [[Caucasian Albania]], a state converted to [[Christianity]] in the [[4th century]] by Armenian [[Missionary|missionaries]] (approximate date).
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