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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Athalaric succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths, and Amalaric becomes king of the Visigoths in his own name.

★ Amalaswintha, the daughter of Theoderic, becomes regent of Italy

★ Tomb of Theodoric, Ravenna, built

Asia

★ May 20 — Earthquake kills approximately 300,000 in Syria and Antioch.

By Topic

Religion

★ July 12 — Pope Felix IV succeeds Pope John I as the 54th pope.

Births

★ Wang Lin

★ Yuan Zhao

Deaths

★ 18 May — Pope John I

★ 20 May — Euphrosius, patriarch of Antioch (killed in earthquake)

★ 30 August — Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths