Editing 534 (section)

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[List of Roman consuls|Decimus Theodorius Paulinus]] is appointed [[Roman consul|consul]] (the last to hold this office in the West).
* [[March]] &ndash; King [[Gelimer]] surrenders to [[Belisarius]], after spending a winter in the mountains of [[Numidia]]. He and large numbers of captured [[Vandals]] are transported to [[Constantinople]]. The [[Vandal Kingdom]] ends, and the [[North Africa|African]] provinces return to the [[Byzantine Empire]].
* [[April]] &ndash; Belisarius leaves a small force in Africa under the Byzantine general [[Solomon (magister militum)|Solomon]], to continue the subjugation of the province. He is appointed governor (''[[Exarch]]'') and pacifies the [[Moors|Moorish]] tribes with success. [[Malta]] becomes a Byzantine province (until [[870]]).
* Summer &ndash; Belisarius arrives in Constantinople and is permitted by Emperor [[Justinian I]] to celebrate a [[Roman triumph|triumph]], the first non-imperial triumph for over 500 years. In the procession the spoils of the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple of Jerusalem]] and the Vandal treasure are paraded.
* Justinian I commemorates the victory against the Vandals by stamping medals in his honor with the inscription ''"Gloria Romanorum"'' (approximate date).
* [[November 16]] &ndash; A second and final revision of the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis|Codex Justinianus]]'' is published.