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February 13 - Justinian appoints a commission (including the jurist Tribonian) to codify all imperial laws that were still in force from Hadrian to the current date. (This becomes the Corpus Juris Civilis.)
Battle of Daras: Justinian's commander Belisarius defeats Persians in his first major battle of the campaign to regain territory
Northern Wei Xiao Zhuang Di succeeds Northern Wei Xiao Ming Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty
Natural disaster: An earthquake strikes Antioch, killing thousands, and causing a fire that destroyed the Great Church built by Constantine the Great
King Seong of Baekje adopts Buddhism as the state religion.
Bulguksa, a Buddhist temple, is built in Korea.

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