549

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	510s 520s 530s – 540s – 550s 560s 570s
Years:	546 547 548 – 549 – 550 551 552

549 (DXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

The Ostrogoths under Totila recapture Rome.
Last Circus Maximus chariot races in Rome.[1]
c. 549–564 – Transfiguration of Christ, mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, is made.

Agila succeeds Theudigisel as king of the Visigoths.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory (which still exists) is founded in Ireland.
Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna consecrates the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

O'Donnell, James (2008). The Ruin of the Roman Empire. New York: HarperCollins. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-06-078737-0.

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