7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (5)
Cai Fadu presented the Liang code: twenty fascicles of statutes, thirty of ordinances and forty of regulations. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷2 天監二年 四月)
Deng Yuanqi, prefect of Yizhou, took Chengdu and granted a general amnesty in Yizhou. (Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals 卷2 天監二年 五月)
Deng Yuanqi subdues Xiao Jilian, kills Yi Fengbai and others, pacifies Shu, and sends Jilian under escort to Jiankang. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷145)
West Asia (2)
Emperor Anastasius, on hearing of the siege of Amida, sends a relief army under four generals, including Areobindus. (Procopius, History of the Wars 1.8.1)
The Roman army reaches Amida in winter and besieges it; unable to take it by force, it tries to starve the city into surrender. (Procopius, History of the Wars 1.9.1)