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| Gregorian calendar | 546 DXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1299 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5296 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 467–468 |
| Bengali calendar | −47 |
| Berber calendar | 1496 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1090 |
| Burmese calendar | −92 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6054–6055 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3242 or 3182 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3243 or 3183 |
| Coptic calendar | 262–263 |
| Discordian calendar | 1712 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 538–539 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4306–4307 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 602–603 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 467–468 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3646–3647 |
| Holocene calendar | 10546 |
| Iranian calendar | 76 BP – 75 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 78 BH – 77 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 434–435 |
| Julian calendar | 546 DXLVI |
| Korean calendar | 2879 |
| Minguo calendar | 1366 before ROC 民前1366年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −922 |
| Seleucid era | 857/858 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1088–1089 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 672 or 291 or −481 — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 673 or 292 or −480 |
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Emperor Justinian I with Maximian of Ravenna
Year 546 (DXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 546 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- December 17 – Sack of Rome: After almost a year's siege, the capture of a grain fleet sent by the exiled Pope Vigilius near the mouth of the Tiber, and failure of troops of the Byzantine Empire under Belisarius to relieve the city, the Ostrogoths under King Totila plunder Rome and destroy its fortifications.[1] He then withdraws to Apulia (Southern Italy).
- Winter – Pope Vigilius arrives in Constantinople, to meet with Emperor Justinian I. The future Pope Pelagius is sent by Totila to negotiate with Justinian.
Europe
- Audoin murders and succeeds Walthari as king of the Lombards.
- Audoin receives subsidies from Justinian I, to encourage him to battle the Gepids in the Carpathian Mountains.
- Audoin leads the Lombards across the Danube into Pannonia, and becomes an ally of the Byzantines.
Americas
- Aj Wosal is leader of Naranjo, following its conquest by Calakmul during the First Tikal-Calakmul War.
By topic
Religion
- The Basilica of San Vitale (Ravenna) is completed by bishop Maximianus, during the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna.
- Approximate date – The Diocese of Bangor is established in the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd, with Deiniol consecrated as first bishop.
Deaths
References
- ^ Morton, H. V. (2003). A Traveller in Rome. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306811316.