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Heads of State
Year of the Water Tiger壬寅( at the beginning of the year metal buffalo辛丑)
Era of Diocletian: 298/299 ( year November )
Syria: 893/894 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Ostrom loses Sirmium to the Avars.
- 13 August: Maurikios is East Roman Emperor.
- A Frankish army under Childebert II moves to a closed in the previous year alliance with Byzantium under a Maurikios in the Lombard northern Italy; However, it is coming soon to a peace agreement on the basis of the status quo.
Religion
- In the Frankish empire it comes to forced baptisms of Jews.
- John Nesteutes is Patriarch of Constantinople Opel.
Born
Died
- Justinian, Eastern Roman commander (* 525 )
- Leudast, Frankish leaders
- To 582: Agathias, the Greek poet and historian (c. 536)
- To 582: Sidonius, Bishop of Mainz