Years: 547 548 549 550 - 551 - 552 553 554 555

Decades: 520s 530s 540s - 550s - 560s 570s 580s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• Jordanes publishes The Origin and Deeds of the Goths.
• The Byzantine Empire captures part of southern Spain from the Visigoths.
• Liang Yu Zhang Wang succeeds Liang Jian Wen Di as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.

Births

Deaths

• Western Wei Wen Di , ruler of the Chinese Western Wei Dynasty