What is 549?
{{Year nav|549}} {{Year in various calendars|549}} {{Year article header|549}} == Events == === By place === ==== Byzantine Empire ==== * The [[Ostrogoths]] under [[Totila]] recapture [[Rome]]. * Last [[Circus Maximus]] [[chariot racing|chariot races]] in Rome.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Ruin of the Roman Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/ruinofromanempir00odon |last=O'Donnell |first=James |year=2008 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=978-0-06-078737-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ruinofromanempir00odon/page/266 266]}}</ref> * c. 549&ndash;[[564]] &ndash; Transfiguration of Christ, mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai]], [[Egypt]], is made. ==== Europe ==== * [[Agila]] succeeds [[Theudigisel]] as king of the [[Visigoths]]. * The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory]] (which still exists) is founded in [[Ireland]]. * Archbishop [[Maximianus of Ravenna]] consecrates the [[Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe]]. ==== Asia ==== * Emperor Jinwen succeeds [[Emperor Wu of Liang China|Emperor Wu]] as ruler of the [[Liang Dynasty]] in [[China]]. == Births == * [[Jizang]], Chinese Buddhist monk (d. [[623]]) == Deaths == * [[Theudigisel]], king of the [[Visigoths]] * [[Tuathal Maelgarb]], King of [[Hill of Tara|Tara]] * [[Gao Cheng]] * [[Emperor Wu of Liang]] * [[Xiao Zhengde]] * [[Princess Xu Zhaopei]] * [[Zhu Yi (Liang Dynasty)|Zhu Yi]] * Chen Daoten father of [[Emperor Xuan of Chen]] (in either [[548]] or 549) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:549}} [[Category:540s]]