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Heads of State
Year of the fire horse丙午( at the beginning of the year Wood Snake乙巳)
Era of Diocletian: 302/303 ( year November )
Syria: 897/898 (October)
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- April / May: Reccared I will succeed his late father Leovigild king of the Visigoths.
- Slavs are advancing until Thessaloniki and the Peloponnese.
- Avars destroy a series of Roman forts along the Danube limes, including Oescus and Ratiaria.
Asia
- Roman- Persian Wars: The Eastern Romans beat the Sassanids in Solachon near Dara.
Culture and Religion
- Comgall founded the monastery of Bangor in Northern Ireland.
- The British King Constantine of Cornwall converted to Christianity.
- The Rabbula Gospels is completed.
Died
- APRIL 21: Leovigild, Visigoth King