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Europe edit

• Gothic War: Belisarius recaptures Rome from the Ostrogoths, but his Italian campaign is unsuccessful (he is starved of supplies and reinforcements from Constantinople).
• The mosaic panels of Justinian I and Theodora I with attendants, in the Basilica of San Vitale (Ravenna), are made (approximate date).
• Theudebald, age 13, succeeds his father Theudebert I after a reign of 14 years, and becomes king of Austrasia (or 548).

Britain edit

• King Ida establishes the kingdom of Bernicia. He builds Bamburgh Castle (northeast England) as a fortress that will become the seat of Anglo-Saxon kings (according to the Historia Brittonum).

Africa edit

• Battle of Marta: The Byzantine army under John Troglita is defeated by Moorish tribes in Tripolitania. He flees to Lunci (9 km south of Mahares^[1]), and is forced to withdraw north to the fortress of Laribus (near modern El Kef^[2]).

Asia edit

• The Tonkin revolt (Vietnam), led by Lý Nam Đế, is suppressed by the Chinese Liang dynasty.

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Religion edit

• The Basilica of San Vitale (Ravenna) is consecrated by bishop Maximianus of Ravenna.

• Pei Ju, official of the Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty (d. 627)
• Zhu Manyue, empress of Northern Zhou (d. 586)

• February 10 – Scholastica, Christian nun
• March 21, death of twin brother of St Scholastica, Saint Benedict, famous for building the Monastery of Mt Cassino and for his Benedictine Monastic Rule, Patron Saint of Europe, dies
• Gao Huan, general of Northern Wei (b. 496)
• Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd (approximate date)
• Theudebert I, king of Austrasia (or 548)
• Tribonian, Byzantine jurist and author of the Codex Justinianus

Bibliography

• Pringle, Denys (1981). The Defence of Byzantine Africa from Justinian to the Arab Conquest: An Account of the Military History and Archaeology of the African Provinces in the Sixth and Seventh Century. Oxford, United Kingdom: British Archaeological Reports. ISBN 0-86054-119-3.