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By Place
Europe
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March 12 —Witiges , king of theOstrogoths , ends his siege of Rome and retreats toRavenna , leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantinegeneral ,Belisarius . The last Arian power in the West is thus defeated.*
Gabrán mac Domangairt becomes king ofDál Riata .Asia
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Kofun era ends and theAsuka period , the second part of theYamato period inJapan , begins.By Topic
Religion
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Buddhism is introduced formally intoJapan (by some accounts; see also552 ).Births
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Emperor Bidatsu , emperor of Japan
*Gregory of Tours , bishop and historian (d.594 )
*Zhiyi , de facto founder ofTiantai Buddhism Deaths
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February 8 —Saint Severinus of Antioch ,patriarch of Antioch
*Comgall mac Domangairt ,King of Dál Riata
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