Editing 541

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[[File:Francesco Salviati - Portrait of Totila, c. 1549.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Totila]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]] (541–552)]]
[[File:Lazica in Late Antiquity.svg|thumb|right|259px|The [[Lazic War]] (541–562)]]
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Year '''541''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius|Basilius]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1294 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). Basilius was the last person to be officially appointed Roman consul, since after this year, the office was permanently merged with the office of Roman/Byzantine emperor. Thus, from the next year forward, the consular year dating was abandoned. The denomination 541 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius]] is appointed as [[Roman consul|consul]] in [[Constantinople]], the last person to hold this office.
* [[Plague of Justinian]]: [[Bubonic plague]] appears suddenly in the [[Egypt]]ian port of [[Pelusium]], spreading to [[Alexandria]] and, the following year, to [[Constantinople]]. This is the beginning of a 200-year-long [[pandemic]] that will devastate [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], and [[North Africa]].
* Emperor [[Justinian I]] recalls [[Belisarius]] from [[Italy]] to handle the situation in [[Armenia]]. He arrives in [[Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia|Upper Mesopotamia]] and attacks the fortress city of [[Nusaybin|Nisbis]]. After an unsuccessful [[siege]] he ravages the countryside.<ref name="ancient">Frye Ancient Iran</ref>{{fcn|date=September 2020}}
* [[John the Cappadocian]], [[Praetorian prefecture of the East|praetorian prefect of the East]], is dismissed by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] empress [[Theodora (wife of Justinian I)|Theodora]] for [[treason]]. He is banished to [[Cyzicus]], and his [[Estate (land)|estates]] are [[Confiscation|confiscated]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bury|1923|pp=Volume 2, p. 57–58}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Martindale|Jones|Morris|1992|pp=633, 815, 915}}</ref>
==== Europe ====
* Autumn &ndash; [[Totila]] is elected king by the [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogothic]] nobles after the death of his uncle [[Ildibad]]. He wins the support of the [[Social class|lower classes]] by liberating [[Slavery|slaves]] and distributing land to the peasants.
* Winter &ndash; [[Siege of Verona]]: Totila defends the city of [[Verona]] against a numerically superior [[Byzantine army]]. He gains control over the [[Po Valley]] and prepares a [[Goths|Gothic]] offensive in [[Central Italy]].

==== Persia ====
* [[Lazic War]]: King [[Khosrau I]] intervenes in [[Lazica]] (modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]), and supports the weakened king [[Gubazes II of Lazica|Gubazes II]] against a full-scale uprising. He sends an expeditionary force under [[Mihr-Mihroe|Mermeroes]] and captures the Byzantine stronghold of [[Petra, Lazica|Petra]], located on the coast of the [[Black Sea]], which provides the [[Sassanid Empire|Persians]] a strategic port.<ref name="ancient">Frye Ancient Iran</ref>{{fcn|date=September 2020}}

==== Asia ====
* [[Lý Bí]] initiates a rebellion against the [[Second Era of Northern Domination|ruling Chinese]] [[Liang dynasty]] in [[Jiaozhou (region)|Giao Châu province]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=K.W.|last1=Taylor|date=2013|title=A History of the Vietnamese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P2HP31kOSA4C|p=34}}</ref>
* The [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] come under the rule of the [[Hephthalite Empire|Hephthalites]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Jacob Baradaeus]] becomes [[bishop]] of [[Edessa, Mesopotamia|Edessa]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Emperor Wen of Sui]], emperor of the [[Sui dynasty]] (d. [[604]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Adhurgunbadh]], [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] general
* [[John Tzibus]], Byzantine governor-merchant in Lazica
* [[Eraric]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]]
* [[Ildibad]], king of the Ostrogoths

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|first1=John Bagnall|last1=Bury|date=1923|title=History of the Later Roman Empire|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/15C*.html#p}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Martindale |editor1-first=John Robert |editor2-last=Jones |editor2-first=Arnold Hugh Martin |editor3-last=Morris |editor3-first=J. |title=The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: A.D. 527–641|year=1992|location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-20160-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElkwedRWCXkC}}

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