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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Justinian I]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]. The ''[[status quo ante bellum|status quo ante]]'' is restored, with [[Lazica]] (modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) in Byzantine hands.
* [[Belisarius]] stands trial for [[Political corruption|corruption]] in [[Constantinople]], possibly with [[Procopius]] acting as ''[[praefectus urbi]]''. He is found guilty and sent to [[prison]].
* End of the [[Lazic War]]: In the [[Fifty-Year Peace Treaty]], King [[Khosrau I]] recognises Lazica as a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] vassal state for an annual payment of 5,000 pounds of [[gold]] each year.<ref>Frye Ancient Iran</ref> 
* [[December 23]] &ndash; Justinian I re-consecrates [[Hagia Sophia]] after its [[dome]] is rebuilt. [[Paul the Silentiary]], Byzantine poet, writes an epic [[Poetry|poem]] (''[[Ekphrasis]]'').
* The last Ostrogothic strongholds at Verona and Brixia are taken by the Eastern Roman Empire, ending the Gothic War.

==== Europe ====
* King [[Sigebert I]] repels an attack on [[Austrasia]] by the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] at [[Regensburg]] ([[Germany]]). He moves his capital from [[Reims]] to [[Metz]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Emperor Ming of Western Liang|Xiao Ming Di]], age 20, succeeds his father [[Emperor Xuan of Western Liang|Xuan Di]] as emperor of the Chinese [[Liang Dynasty]].
* [[Silla]], by order of king [[Jinheung of Silla|Jinheung]], wages war upon [[Gaya Confederacy|Gaya]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea]]) and conquers it.
* The secondary capital [[Taiyuan]] in [[Northern Qi]] is rebuilt and becomes a center of [[Buddhism]].

==== Mesoamerica ====
* The [[Maya civilization|Maya]] state of [[Caracol, Belize|Caracol]] ([[Belize]]) defeats King [[Tikal#Rulers|Wak Chan K'awiil]] (Double Bird) of [[Tikal]] in battle<ref>Arlen Chase and Diane Chase 2008. "What the Hieroglyphs Don't Tell You": Archaeology and History at Caracol, Belize. Mayab 20: 103-108</ref> during the [[First Tikal-Calakmul War]], ending his dynasty.
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