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• Belisarius is relieved of command over the Byzantine forces in Italy and replaced with Narses.
• Theudigisel succeeds Theudis as king of the Visigoths.
• Theodebald becomes king of Austrasia (or 547).
• Goguryeo invades Baekje, with the request of Ara Gaya.

Births Belisarius, by Jacques-Louis David (1781); the depiction is now believed to be fictionalized. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... See Narseh of Persia for the Persian king Narses of the Sassanid. ... Theudigisel (Theudegisel) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania for one year (548–549 CE). ... Theudis was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (531—548 CE). ... The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. ... Théodebald (French Thibaud or Théodebald), (d. ... Austrasia & Neustria Austrasia was the northeastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of what are now eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. ... Goguryeo (also known as Koguryŏ or Gāogōulì) (37 BC-668) was an empire in Manchuria and northern Korea. ... Baekje was a kingdom in southwestern Korea. ... Ara Gaya, also known as Asiryangguk (아시량국, 阿尸良國), Ana Gaya (아나가야, 阿羅伽倻), and Alla (안라, 安羅) was a kingdom of the Gaya confederacy, in modern day South Korea. ...

Deaths

• Theudis king of the Visigoths.
• Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (or 547)
• Theodora, Byzantine empress; cause of death: cancer