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556

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Instance of: year
Part of: 550s
Followed by: 557
Follows: 555

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has list: list of state leaders in 556
category for births in this time period: Category:556 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:556 deaths
Commons category: 556
topic's main category: Category:556
point in time: 0556-01-01

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Maximianus of Ravenna (499–556)

Year 556 (DLVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 556 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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