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| c. 525 |
| | | Boethius, in prison in Pavia and awaiting execution, writes the Consolation of Philosophy | |
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| 526 |
| | | By the end of his long reign Theodoric amply justifies his title 'the Great' and his place in legend as Dietrich von Bern | |
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| c. 530 |
| | | St Benedict founds a monastery at Monte Cassino and writes a Rule for the monks which becomes the basis of the Benedictine order | |
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| 535 |
| | | Belisarius lands in Sicily at the start of a five-year campaign to recover Ravenna for the Byzantine emperor | |
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| 547 |
| | | Justinian and Theodora, each with a retinue of attendants, face each other in mosaic from the walls of San Vitale in Ravenna | |
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| 568 |
| | | The Lombards invade northern Italy, and within four years occupy it as far south as the Po | |
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| 569 |
| | | Fugitives from the Lombard invasion of northern Italy take refuge on islands in the Venetian lagoon - and become the founders of Venice | |
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| c. 584 |
| | | Byzantine Italy is brought under a new administration, or exarchate, based in Ravenna | |
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| 592 |
| | | Pope Gregory I negotiates with the Lombards who are threatening Rome | |
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| c. 610 |
| | | St Columban founds a monastery at Bobbio, the furthest outpost of Celtic Christianity | |
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