WHAT HAPPENED IN 6. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 6. century

Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. (13. August 554)

Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. (13. August 582)

Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. (22. August 564)

King Theodoric the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuntha takes power as regent for her 10-year old son Athalaric. (30. August 526)

Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great). (3. September 590)

A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage. (9. September 533)

The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. (10. September 506)

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. (13. September 585. BC)

The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September. (13. September 509. BC)

Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. (13. September 533)

Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. (29. September 522. BC)

The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. (12. October 539. BC)

Cyrus the Great marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile. Cyrus allows the Jews to return to Yehud Medinata and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. (17. October 539. BC)

The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. (23. October 502)

Cyrus the great (founder of Persian Empire) entered capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land. (29. October 539. BC)

A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published. (16. November 534)

Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage. (23. November 534. BC)

Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. (25. November 571. BC)

King Clovis I dies at Paris ("Lutetia") and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. The Merovingian Dynasty is continued by his four sons — Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I and Chlothar I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orléans, Paris and Soissons. (27. November 511)

Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. (28. November 587)