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Byzantine Empire

 * An devastates.

Asia

 * The begins; the first ruler is Nan Liang Xuan Di.
 * Chinese : Liang Yuan Di is succeeded by Liang Zheng Yang Hou, then Liang Jing Di.

Arts and Sciences

 * becomes court to King Brochfael of  (approximate date).
 * Around this time, the historian writes several books, among them De origine actibusque Getarum ().

Deaths

 * , king of
 * , king of