Editing 547

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[[File:Bamburgh 2006 closeup.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Bamburgh Castle]] in [[Northumberland]] (England)]]
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Year '''547''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 547 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 ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]: [[Belisarius]] recaptures Rome from the [[Ostrogoths]], but his Italian campaign is unsuccessful (he is starved of supplies and reinforcements from [[Constantinople]]). 
* The [[mosaic]] panels of [[Justinian I]] and [[Theodora (6th century)|Theodora I]] with [[Domestic worker|attendant]]s, in the [[Basilica of San Vitale]] ([[Ravenna]]), are made (approximate date).
* [[Theudebald]], age 13, succeeds his father [[Theudebert I]] after a reign of 14 years, and becomes king of [[Austrasia]] (or 548).

==== Britain ====

* King [[Ida of Bernicia|Ida]] establishes the kingdom of [[Bernicia]]. He builds [[Bamburgh Castle]] (northeast England) as a fortress that will become the seat of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] kings (according to the ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'').

==== Africa ====
* [[Battle of Marta]]: The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army under [[John Troglita]] is defeated by [[Moors|Moorish]] tribes in [[Tripolitania]]. He flees to Lunci (9 km south of [[Mahares]]<ref>{{harvnb|Pringle|1981|p=202}}</ref>), and is forced to withdraw north to the [[Fortification|fortress]] of [[Laribus]] (near modern [[El Kef]]<ref>{{harvnb|Pringle|1981|pp=205–206}}</ref>).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Tonkin]] revolt ([[History of Vietnam|Vietnam]]), led by [[Lý Nam Đế]], is suppressed by the Chinese [[Liang dynasty]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Basilica of San Vitale]] (Ravenna) is consecrated by bishop [[Maximianus of Ravenna]].
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== Births ==
* [[Pei Ju]], official of the [[Sui dynasty]] and [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[627]])
* [[Zhu Manyue]], empress of [[Northern Zhou]] (d. [[586]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Scholastica]], Christian [[nun]]
* March 21, death of twin brother of St Scholastica, [[Benedict of Nursia|Saint Benedict]], famous for building the Monastery of Mt Cassino and for his Benedictine Monastic Rule, Patron Saint of Europe, dies
* [[Gao Huan]], general of [[Northern Wei]] (b. [[496]]) 
* [[Maelgwn Gwynedd|Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (approximate date)
* [[Theudebert I]], king of [[Austrasia]] (or 548)
* [[Tribonian]], Byzantine [[jurist]] and author of the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis|Codex Justinianus]]''

== References ==
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*{{cite book|last=Pringle|first=Denys|title=The Defence of Byzantine Africa from Justinian to the Arab Conquest: An Account of the Military History and Archaeology of the African Provinces in the Sixth and Seventh Century|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|publisher=British Archaeological Reports|year=1981|isbn=0-86054-119-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DIjAQAAIAAJ}}
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