530 Battle of Daras: Belisarius and Hermogenes defeat the Persians in a major battle which blunts a Persian offensive into Roman Mesopotamia.
531 Belisarius is defeated at the Battle of Callinicum; Mundus briefly takes command of the army.
532 Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a sennight later by Belisarius and Mundus; up to 30,000 people are killed in the Hippodrome.
533 Belisarius, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
534 Gelimer surrenders to Byzantine general Belisarius, after spending a miserable winter in the mountains of Numidia. The Vandal kingdom of North Africa ends, and the provinces return to the Byzantine Empire.
535 Justinian I orders Belisarius to start the reconquest of Italy; Mundus simultaneously invades Dalmatia.
536 Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in Italy
537 Pope Silverius deposed by Belisarius at the order of Justinian, who appoints as his successor Pope Vigilius.
538 Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. The Pope now emerges as the leading ruler in the West for 1260 years.
540 General Belisarius conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna.
544 Belisarius is sent back to Italy to once more fight the Ostrogoths who have been making reconquests in the area.
548 Belisarius is relieved of command over the Byzantine forces in Italy and replaced by Narses.
559 The Bulgars invade and raid Byzantine territory, but are driven back near Constantinople by Belisarius.
562 Belisarius stands trial for corruption in Constantinople, possibly with Procopius acting as urban prefect.