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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• Battle of Daras: Belisarius and Hermogenes defeat the Persians in a major battle which blunts a Persian offensive into Roman Mesopotamia.
• December 15 - Justinian I selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman Law. This becomes the Pandects (Digest).
• Tribonian becomes quaestor.

For other uses, see Dara (disambiguation). ... Belisarius is thought to be the figure to the right of Emperor Justinian I in the mosaic in the Church of San Vitale Ravenna that celebrates the reconquest of Italy, performed by the Byzantine army under the skillful leadership of Belisarius himself. ... This entry is not about the Hellenistic Ionian architect Hermogenes of Priene Hermogenes of Tarsus, was a Greek rhetorician, surnamed the polisher. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Justinian depicted on one of the famous mosaics of the Basilica of San Vitale. ... Ordinary Magistrates Extraordinary Magistrates Titles and Honors Emperor Politics and Law Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome. ... Pandects (Lat. ... Tribonian (c. ... Quaestores were elected officials of the Roman Republic who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers. ...

Europe

• Hilderic, king of Vandals and Alans, deposed by his cousin Gelimer

Hilderic, King of the Vandals and Alans (c. ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century. ... The Alans, Alani, Alauni or Halani were an Iranian nomadic group among the Sarmatian people, warlike nomadic pastoralists of varied backgrounds, who spoke an Iranian language and to a large extent shared a common culture. ... Gelimer (480-553), King of the Vandals and Alans from 530 to 534, was the last ruler of the North African Kingdom of the Vandals. ...

Asia

• Wei Chang Guang Wang succeeds Xiao Zhuang Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty

Northern Wei Buddha Maitreya, 443 AD. A Buddhist stela from the Northern Wei period, build in the early 6th century. ...

By Topic

Religion

• September 22 - Pope Boniface II succeeds Pope Felix IV as the 55th pope.

Feast Day of St.Joan of Ark September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Boniface II was Pope from 530 to 532. ... Felix IV was Pope from 526 to 530. ... The Pope (or Pope of Rome) (from Latin: papa, Papa, father; from Greek: papas / = priest originating from πατήρ = father )[1] is the Bishop of Rome, the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the absolute monarch of Vatican City. ...

Births

Deaths

• September 22 - Pope Felix IV
• Cado ap Gerren, King of Dumnonia. Succeeded by his son Custennin ap Cado.