- 555
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By Place
Byzantine Empire
* An
earthquake devastatesLatakia .Asia
* The
Nan Liang Dynasty begins; the first ruler is Nan Liang Xuan Di.
* ChineseLiang Dynasty : Liang Yuan Di is succeeded by Liang Zheng Yang Hou, then Liang Jing Di.By Topic
Arts and Sciences
*
Taliesin becomes courtbard to King Brochfael of Powys (approximate date).
** Around this time, the historianJordanes writes several books, among them "De origine actibusque Getarum" ("The origin and deeds of the Goths ").Deaths
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Pope Vigilius
*Theodebald , king ofAustrasia
*Wang Sengbian
*Emperor Yuan of Liang
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