500s | dp2=510s | dp1=520s | d=530s | dn1=540s | dn2=550s | dn3=560s }} Events By Place Byzantine Empire Justinian I orders Belisarius to start the reconquest of Italy; Mundus simultaneously invades Dalmatia. 31 December — Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year. Asia China The Western Wei Dynasty begins in China; the first ruler's Wen Di. Significant to the history of agriculture, the Chines… (More on 535)