549

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	510s  520s  530s  – 540s –  550s  560s  570s
Years:	546 547 548 – 549 – 550 551 552

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549 (DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 549th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 549th year of the 1st millennium, the 49th year of the 6th century, and the 10th and last year of the 540s decade. As of the start of 549, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Byzantine Empire

• The Ostrogoths under Totila recapture Rome.
• Last Circus Maximus chariot races in Rome.
• c. 549–564 – Transfiguration of Christ, mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, is made.

Europe

• Agila succeeds Theudigisel as king of the Visigoths.
• The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory (which still exists) is founded in Ireland.
• Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna consecrates the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

Asia

• Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.

Births

• Jizang, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 623)

Deaths

• Theudigisel, king of the Visigoths
• Tuathal Maelgarb, King of Tara
• Gao Cheng
• Emperor Wu of Liang
• Xiao Zhengde
• Princess Xu Zhaopei
• Zhu Yi
• Chen Daoten father of Emperor Xuan of Chen (in either 548 or 549)

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  The Circus Maximus in Rome (1911)