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Theodoric the Ostrogoth, threatening Constantinople, is cunningly diverted by the emperor into invading Italy
Theodoric wins Ravenna from Odoacer - by inviting Odoacer to a banquet and murdering him during the meal
Victorius of Aquitaine writes a 98-column multiplication table, with the calculated results descending from 1000 to the fraction 1/144
The Czechs are the most powerful of the various Slav tribes by now settled in Bohemia
Monks in Ireland live in stone beehive cells on rocky islands, to achieve maximum discomfort
Small ivory panels, with Gospel scenes carved in relief, provide a delicate beginning to the story of Christian sculpture
A phallic figure, the Cerne Giant, is cut on a Dorset hillside at Cerne Abbas
The temple city of Tikal is one of many Mayan city states of the Classic period
The scribes known as Masoretes safeguard the ancient Hebrew of the Torah by their careful copying of the text
The city of Tiwanaku develops to the south of Lake Titicaca, and soon dominates the surrounding region
Beans are gathered by the Maya from wild cocoa trees and are probably used in a chocolate drink
According to Bede, the first widely accepted Anglo-Saxon ruler in southern Britain is Aelli, founder of the West Sussex kingdom
Mayan priests feature in stone carvings smoking pipes and puffing the smoke towards the sacred sun
Clovis and some 3000 of his soldiers are baptized in a massive ceremony at Reims
The ten-digit numeral system (1-9 with O) is introduced in India, though now most widely known as Arabic numerals
The Slavs cross the Danube and press southwards into the Roman provinces of Moesia and Thracia
Dionysius Exiguus, commissioned by the pope to improve chronology, makes an error of at least four years in his selected event for AD 1
St Benedict gathers fellow hermits at Subiaco into a series of small monasteries
The law is changed to allow Justinian, of senatorial rank, to marry Theodora — whom courtesy describes as an actress
Boethius, in prison in Pavia and awaiting execution, writes the Consolation of Philosophy
By the end of his long reign Theodoric amply justifies his title 'the Great' and his place in legend as Dietrich von Bern
Justinian becomes emperor in Constantinople, beginning a reign which will restore the empire to much of its former glory
The monastery of St Catherine's in Sinai is founded by Justinian, and will accumulate one of the world's greatest collections of icons
Justinian closes down the schools of Athens, famous for their tradition of pagan philosophy
St Finnian founds the first of Ireland's great Celtic monasteries, at Clonard
