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| c. 500 |
| | | Clovis and some 3000 of his soldiers are baptized in a massive ceremony at Reims | |
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| 518 |
| | | The Slavs cross the Danube and press southwards into the Roman provinces of Moesia and Thracia | |
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| 525 |
| | | Dionysius Exiguus, commissioned by the pope to improve chronology, makes an error of at least four years in his selected event for AD 1 | |
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| c. 525 |
| | | St Benedict gathers fellow hermits at Subiaco into a series of small monasteries | |
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| 525 |
| | | The law is changed to allow Justinian, of senatorial rank, to marry Theodora — whom courtesy describes as an actress | |
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| c. 525 |
| | | Boethius, in prison in Pavia and awaiting execution, writes the Consolation of Philosophy | |
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| 526 |
| | | By the end of his long reign Theodoric amply justifies his title 'the Great' and his place in legend as Dietrich von Bern | |
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| 527 |
| | | Justinian becomes emperor in Constantinople, beginning a reign which will restore the empire to much of its former glory | |
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| 527 |
| | | The monastery of St Catherine's in Sinai is founded by Justinian, and will accumulate one of the world's greatest collections of icons | |
|  | Icon, St.Catherine's Monastery
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| 529 |
| | | Justinian closes down the schools of Athens, famous for their tradition of pagan philosophy | |
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