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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Rat丙子( at the beginning of the year Wood Pig乙亥)
Era of Diocletian: 272/273 ( year November )
Syria: 867/868 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- The Frankish king Clotaire I. pulls against the Saxons and Thuringians, who has his rival and brother Childebert I apparently incited against him. On the rumor, Chlothar had fallen in his campaign, Childebert falls into the realm part and devastated the area around Reims. Allied with him is Chramn, a son of Chlothar I.
Religion
Died
- 21 or February 22: Maximianus of Ravenna, Archbishop of Ravenna ( * 498 )