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540

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

Decades: 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s - 570s - 580s - 590s

Years: 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545

Events

Byzantine general Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
Ostrogoth king Witiges[?] is succeeded by Ildibad.
Pope Vigilius in letters to emperor Justinian and patriarch Patriarch Menas[?] of Constantinople rejects Monophysitism.

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