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 is Wen Di. Significant to the history of agriculture, the Chinese author Jia Sixia writes the treatise Chi Min Yao Shu in this year,… (More on 535)