548

Year 548 (DXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 548 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.

548 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	548 DXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1301
Assyrian calendar	5298
Balinese saka calendar	469–470
Bengali calendar	−46 – −45
Berber calendar	1498
Buddhist calendar	1092
Burmese calendar	−90
Byzantine calendar	6056–6057
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3245 or 3038     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3246 or 3039
Coptic calendar	264–265
Discordian calendar	1714
Ethiopian calendar	540–541
Hebrew calendar	4308–4309
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	604–605
- Shaka Samvat	469–470
- Kali Yuga	3648–3649
Holocene calendar	10548
Iranian calendar	74 BP – 73 BP
Islamic calendar	76 BH – 75 BH
Javanese calendar	436–437
Julian calendar	548 DXLVIII
Korean calendar	2881
Minguo calendar	1364 before ROC 民前1364年
Nanakshahi calendar	−920
Seleucid era	859/860 AG
Thai solar calendar	1090–1091
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Fire-Hare) 674 or 293 or −479     — to — ས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dragon) 675 or 294 or −478

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• June 28 – Empress Theodora I dies at age 48, probably of breast cancer (according to Bishop Victor of Tunnuna). Her body is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinople).^[1]
• Emperor Justinian I relieves Belisarius from military service, in favour of 70-year-old Byzantine general Narses.

Europe

• Theudigisel, Visigothic general, proclaims himself ruler over the Visigothic Kingdom, after King Theudis is assassinated.

Persia

• Lazic War: King Gubazes II revolts against the Persians, and requests aid from Justinian I. He sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (8,000 men) to Lazica (modern Georgia).
• Gubazes II besieges the fortress of Petra, located on the Black Sea. The Persian army under Mermeroes defeats a small Byzantine force guarding the mountain passes, and relieves Petra.
• Mermeroes stations a garrison of 3,000 men in the stronghold of Petra, and marches to Armenia. The Persians, lacking sufficient supplies, secure the supply routes and plunder Lazica.

Africa

• Spring – Battle of the Fields of Cato: The Byzantine army, under John Troglita, crushes the Moorish revolt in Byzacena (Tunisia).

Asia

• April 13 – Emperor Lý Nam Đế of Vietnam is killed by Laotian tribesmen, while on retreat from the Hong River Plain. He is succeeded by his elder brother Lý Thiên Bảo.

By topic

Commerce

• Cosmas Indicopleustes, Alexandrian merchant, writes his work Christian Topography. He describes the importance of the spice trade (especially in cloves and sweet aloes) in Ceylon, and the harvesting of pepper in India (approximate date).

Religion

• Saint Catherine's Monastery is established in the Sinai Peninsula.

Births

• Xiao Zhuang, crown prince of the Southern Dynasties (approximate date)

Deaths

• April 13 – Lý Nam Đế, emperor of Vietnam
• June 28 – Theodora I, Byzantine Empress
• Carcasan, king of the Ifuraces (Algeria)
• Chen Daoten, father of Xuan Di (or 549)
• Theudebert I, king of Austrasia (or 547)
• Theudis, king of the Visigoths