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Cassiodorus
Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (c. 485 – c. 585), commonly known as Cassiodorus (), was a Roman statesman, scholar, and writer who served in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Senator was part of his surname, not his rank. In his later years, he devoted himself to Christian learning and founded the Vivarium monastery, where he worked extensively during the final decades of his life.
Bridei I
6th-century king of the Picts

Gundoald
thumb|Gundoald surrendered to Guntram.
thumb|The movements of Gundoald in Aquitaine
Gundoald or Gundovald was a Merovingian usurper king in the area of southern Gaul in either 584 or 585. He claimed to be an illegitimate son of Chlothar I and, with the financial support of the Emperor Maurice, took some major cities in southern Gaul, such as Poitiers and Toulouse, which belonged to Guntram, king of Burgundy, a legitimate son of Chlothar I. Guntram marched against him, calling him nothing more than a miller's son and named him 'Ballomer'. Gundovald fled to Comminges, and Guntram's army set down
Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn
King of Gwynedd from c. 547 to c. 586
Báetán mac Ninneda
Irish king
Bodogisel
Bodegisel (also spelled Bodygisil, died 585 or 588) was a Frankish duke (dux). He was the son of Mummolin, duke of Soissons, and served the kings Chilperic I and Childebert II.
Izadgushasp
Izadgushasp (also spelled Yazdgushnasp), known in Byzantine sources as Isdigousnas Zikh, was an Iranian nobleman from the House of Mihran, who served as one of Khosrow I's viziers (wuzurg framadar).
Feng Xiaolian
Chinese empress
Mutalammis
Al-Mutalammis (Arabic: المتلمس), real name Jarīr ibn ʻAbd al-Masīḥ, was a 6th-century Arab Christian poet. He was the maternal uncle of fellow poet Tarafa. Al-Mutalammis was from the Banu Bakr tribe.
Fergus Scandal mac Crimthainn
King of Munster
Empress Hu
Empress of Northern Qi from 561 to 565
Áed Dub mac Suibni
King of Ulster and Dál nAraidi
Empress Wang
Chen Dynasty empress