General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Law: Justinian introduces law codes
- Religion: St. Benedict founds monastery south of Rome
Europe
- Franco-German States: Rastibon becomes capital of Bavaria
- Italian States: St. Benedict founds monastery south of Rome
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Justinian introduces law codes
Justinian closes the 1000 year old school of philosophy in Athens as an attack against paganism – professors go to Persia and Syria
- Palestine: Fire destroys first Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem