Editing 553

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[[File:Gothic Battle of Mons Lactarius on Vesuvius.jpg|thumb|right|259px|The [[Battle of Mons Lactarius]] (553)]]
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Year '''553''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 553 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Battle of Mons Lactarius]]:<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter Connolly|author2=John Gillingham|author3=John Lazenby|title=The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LUoDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT457|date=13 May 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-93681-5|pages=457–}}</ref> King [[Teia]] secretly marches to join forces with his brother [[Aligern]] in [[Campania]], to relieve the [[siege]] of [[Cumae]]. Meanwhile at ''Mons Lactarius'' (modern [[Monti Lattari]]), [[Narses]] lays an [[ambush]]. The combined [[Ostrogoths|Gothic]] force is crushed in a hopeless [[last stand]] for two days (south of [[Naples]]), and Teia is killed in the fighting. Aligern escapes, but surrenders a few months later.
* The [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]] ends after 60 years of rule in [[Italy]]. The [[Goths]] are allowed to return to their homes in peace and (re)settle in modern-day [[Austria]]. Some 7,000 people retreat to [[Campsas]] (Southern [[Gaul]]), and resist with minimal help from the [[Franks]] against the [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantines]] until [[554]].
* The [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid]] commander [[Mihr-Mihroe]] force the Byzantines to retreat from Telephis and later Ollaria. (See [[Mihr-Mihroe's campaign of 554|Battle of Telephis–Ollaria]]).

==== Europe ====
* [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]: Frankish invasion — Two [[Franks|Frankish]]-[[Alemanni]] dukes, brothers Lothair and Buccelin, cross the [[Alps]] from [[Germany]] with a force of 75,000 men, mostly Frankish infantry. In the [[Po Valley]], they win an easy victory over a much smaller Byzantine force at [[Parma]], and are joined by remnants of the Gothic armies, bringing the total strength of the invaders to about 90,000 men. Narses, gathering his forces as quickly as possible, marches north to harass the Franks, but is not strong enough to engage them in battle. In [[Samnium]] ([[Southern Italy]]) the brothers divide their forces: Lothaire goes down the east coast, then returns to the north, to winter in the Po Valley. Buccelin follows the west coast into [[Calabria]], where he spends the winter — his army being seriously wasted by [[attrition warfare|attrition]] and disease.

==== Asia ====
* King [[Seong of Baekje]] attacks the kingdoms of [[Goguryeo]] and [[Silla]]. However, under a secret agreement, Silla troops attack the exhausted [[Baekje]] army, and take possession of the entire [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] valley. 
* In the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]] Istemi is appointed governor (''[[yabgu]]'') in the west of the empire (modern [[Turkestan]]), and [[Muqan Qaghan]] succeeds his brother [[Issik Qaghan]] as emperor (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[May 5]] &ndash; The [[Second Council of Constantinople|Fifth Ecumenical Council]] is held in [[Constantinople]]. In an edict, Emperor [[Justinian I]] condemns the [[Three-Chapter Controversy|Three Chapters]], causing further [[schism]]s and [[Heresy|heresies]] of [[monoenergism]] and [[monothelitism]].
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== Births ==
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Chen Shubao|Houzhu]], emperor of the [[Chen dynasty]] (d. [[604]])

== Deaths ==
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Xiao Ji]], prince of the [[Liang dynasty]] (b. [[508]])
*''exact date unknown''
**[[Gelimer]], king of the [[Vandals]] and [[Alans]] (b. [[480]]) 
**[[Issik Qaghan]], ruler of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]]
**[[Teia]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Comprehensive Dictionary of Biography: Embracing a Series of Original Memoirs of the Most Distinguished Persons of All Countries, Living and Dead. To which is Added, A Classified List of the Most Distinguished Persons of All Times, Arranged Chronologically|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yok-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA765|year=1860|publisher=R. Griffin|pages=765–}}</ref>

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