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[[File:Justinian Multiple Solidi.jpg|thumb|259px|Medallion commemorating the [[Vandalic War]]]]
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Year '''534''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXXXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Justinian I|Iustinianus]] and [[Decius Paulinus|Paulinus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1287 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 534 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[List of Roman consuls|Decimus Theodorius Paulinus]] is appointed [[Roman consul|consul]] (the last to hold this office in the West).
* [[March]] &ndash; King [[Gelimer]] surrenders to [[Belisarius]], after spending a winter in the mountains of [[Numidia]]. He and large numbers of captured [[Vandals]] are transported to [[Constantinople]]. The [[Vandal Kingdom]] ends, and the [[North Africa|African]] provinces return to the [[Byzantine Empire]].
* [[April]] &ndash; Belisarius leaves a small force in Africa under the Byzantine general [[Solomon (magister militum)|Solomon]], to continue the subjugation of the province. He is appointed governor (''[[Exarch]]'') and pacifies the [[Moors|Moorish]] tribes with success. [[Malta]] becomes a Byzantine province (until [[870]]).
* Summer &ndash; Belisarius arrives in Constantinople and is permitted by Emperor [[Justinian I]] to celebrate a [[Roman triumph|triumph]], the first non-imperial triumph for over 500 years. In the procession the spoils of the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple of Jerusalem]] and the Vandal treasure are paraded.
* Justinian I commemorates the victory against the Vandals by stamping medals in his honor with the inscription ''"Gloria Romanorum"'' (approximate date).
* [[November 16]] &ndash; A second and final revision of the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis|Codex Justinianus]]'' is published.
==== Europe ====
* [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] becomes the capital of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]] that controls the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. King [[Theudis]] expands [[Visigoths|Visigoth]] rule in the southern regions ([[Hispania Baetica]]).
* The [[Franks|Frankish]] kings [[Childebert I]] and [[Chlothar I]] overthrow [[Godomar]], king of the [[Burgundians]], and end the [[Kingdom of Burgundy]].
* [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]] becomes king of [[Wessex]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').
* [[October 2]] &ndash; King [[Athalaric]] dies of [[tuberculosis]], age 18, having dissipated his youth in drink and debauchery. His mother, [[Amalasuntha]], proposes to her cousin [[Theodahad]], the kingdom's largest [[Land tenure|landowner]] and her father's last male heir, that he share the [[throne]] with her but that he will be king of the [[Ostrogoths]] in name only. Theodahad has secret conversations with the Byzantine [[ambassador]], and promises to turn over [[Tuscany]] in exchange for a large sum of money, the rank of [[Senate|senator]], and permission to live at Constantinople.
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== Births ==
* [[Leander of Seville|Leander]], [[bishop]] of [[Seville]] (approximate date)
* [[Empress Liu (Chen dynasty)|Liu Jingyan]], empress of the [[Chen dynasty]] (d. [[616]])
* [[Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou|Ming Di]], emperor of the [[Northern Zhou]] (d. [[560]])
* [[Taliesin]], [[Welsh language|Welsh]] poet (approximate date)
== Deaths ==
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Athalaric]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]]
* [[Anthemius of Tralles]], [[architect]] and [[mathematician]] (approximate date)
* [[Cerdic of Wessex|Cerdic]], first king of [[Wessex]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cerdic {{!}} king of Wessex |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cerdic |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Godomar]], king of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]
* [[Marcellinus Comes]], Latin [[chronicle]]r (approximate date)
* [[Theuderic I]], king of [[Austrasia]] (or [[533]])
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