548

Events 

 Emperor Justinian I removes Belisarius from military service.
 Theudigisel names himself ruler over the Visigothic Kingdom.

 By place 
 Africa 
 Battle of the Fields of Cato - Byzantines under John Troglita crush Moorish revolt

 Births 
 Xiao Zhuang

 Deaths 
 June 28 – Theodora, Byzantine empress
 Carcasan, king of the Ifuraces
 Theudis king of the Visigoths
 Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (or 547)
 Chen Daoten father of Emperor_Xuan_of_Chen (in either 548 or 549

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