548

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	510s  520s  530s  – 540s –  550s  560s  570s
Years:	545 546 547 – 548 – 549 550 551

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548 (DXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 548th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 548th year of the 1st millennium, the 48th year of the 6th century, and the 9th year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 548, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Emperor Justinian I removes Belisarius from military service.
• Theudigisel names himself ruler over the Visigothic Kingdom.

Africa

• Battle of the Fields of Cato - Byzantines under John Troglita crush Moorish revolt

Births

• Xiao Zhuang

Deaths

• June 28 – Theodora, Byzantine empress
• Carcasan, king of the Ifuraces
• Theudis king of the Visigoths
• Theodebert I, king of Austrasia (or 547)
• Chen Daoten father of Emperor_Xuan_of_Chen (in either 548 or 549