533

Events

• February 1 - John becomes Pope, succeeding Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532.
• Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
• September - Battle of Ad Decimium: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
• December - Battle of Ticameron: Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
• December 16 - The Digesta or Pandectae, a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis).
• Theodebert I becomes king of Austrasia.

Births

Deaths

• January 13 - Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims, baptiser of Clovis I
• Theuderic I of Austrasia (or 534)

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