Benevento

City · c. 577 CE · in Europe

Capital of Duchy of Benevento (577–1081).

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Spoleto (c. 577 CE): Capital of Duchy of Spoleto (577–898).
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Carlisle (c. 592 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Rheged (592–646).
Madurai (c. 592 CE): Capital of Pandya Dynasty (592–921), Pandya Empire (1216–1325).
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Sambor Prei Kuk (c. 555–706 CE): Capital of Chenla (555–706).
Suyab (c. 555–749 CE): Capital of Göktürk Khaganate (555–586), Türgesh (704–749).

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Justinian I (482 CE – 565 CE): Byzantine emperor who reconquered Italy and North Africa, codified Roman law and built the Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia (537 CE): Great church of Constantinople built under Justinian I, whose vast dome made it the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years.
Plague of Justinian (541–549 CE): First recorded outbreak of bubonic plague in the Mediterranean world; it struck Constantinople in 542 and killed a large share of the population.
Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
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Corpus Juris Civilis (529–534 CE): Codification of Roman law ordered by Justinian I, which later formed the basis of civil law in much of Europe.
Pope Gregory I (c. 540 CE – 604 CE): Pope who strengthened papal authority, reorganised church administration and sent missionaries to convert the Anglo-Saxons.
Ravenna mosaics (547 CE): In the apse of San Vitale in Ravenna the emperor Justinian and the empress Theodora stand with their courts in glittering glass and gold. They are the finest surviving mosaics of the early Byzantine age.