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Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest…
Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest…
Emperor Justinian I issues a Pragmatic Sanction in which he organises the renewed Roman rule over the recently…
Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is…
Election of pope Silverius following the death of pope Agapetus I earlier that year
Election of pope Agapetus I following the death of pope John II earlier that month
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece a
Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria)
Election of pope Felix IV following the death of pope John I earlier that year.
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce
Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda…
Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy")…
The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is killed by troops of the Roman Gothic general Ricimer.
Western Roman Emperor Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer.
Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome
Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia…
Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun