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[[File:Tikal Temple1 2006 08 11.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Tikal Temple I|Tikal Temple]] from the main plaza ([[Guatemala]])]] 
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Year '''562''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 562 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== [[Byzantine Empire]] ====
* Emperor [[Justinian I]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with the [[Sasanid Empire]]. The ''[[status quo ante bellum|status quo ante]]'' is restored, with [[Lazica]] (modern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) in Byzantine hands.
* [[Belisarius]] stands trial for [[Political corruption|corruption]] in [[Constantinople]], possibly with [[Procopius]] acting as ''[[praefectus urbi]]''. He is found guilty and sent to [[prison]].
* End of the [[Lazic War]]: In the [[Fifty-Year Peace Treaty]], King [[Khosrau I]] recognises Lazica as a Byzantine vassal state for an annual payment of 5,000 pounds of gold each year.<ref>Frye Ancient Iran</ref> 
* [[December 23]] &ndash; Justinian I re-consecrates [[Hagia Sophia]] after its [[dome]] is rebuilt. [[Paul the Silentiary]], Byzantine poet, writes an epic [[Poetry|poem]] (''[[Ekphrasis]]'').
* The last [[Ostrogothic Kingdom|Ostrogothic]] strongholds at [[Verona]] and [[Brixia (city)|Brixia]] are taken by the Byzantine Empire, ending the [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Sigebert I]] repels an attack on [[Austrasia]] by the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] at [[Regensburg]] ([[Germany]]). He moves his capital from [[Reims]] to [[Metz]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Emperor Ming of Western Liang|Xiao Ming Di]], age 20, succeeds his father [[Emperor Xuan of Western Liang|Xuan Di]] as emperor of the Chinese [[Liang Dynasty]].
* [[Silla]], by order of king [[Jinheung of Silla|Jinheung]], wages war upon [[Gaya Confederacy|Gaya]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea]]) and conquers it.
* The secondary capital [[Taiyuan]] in [[Northern Qi]] is rebuilt and becomes a center of [[Buddhism]].

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[First Tikal-Calakmul War]]: The [[Maya civilization|Maya]] state of [[Caracol, Belize|Caracol]] ([[Belize]]) defeats King [[Tikal#Rulers|Wak Chan K'awiil]] (Double Bird) of [[Tikal]] in battle,<ref>Arlen Chase and Diane Chase 2008. "What the Hieroglyphs Don't Tell You": Archaeology and History at Caracol, Belize. Mayab 20: 103-108</ref> ending his dynasty.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Consort Dowager Cao|Dowager Cao]], [[Concubinage|concubine]] of Xuan Di
* [[Empress Dowager Gong|Dowager Gong]], empress mother of Xuan Di
* [[Procopius]], Byzantine [[historian]] (approximate date)
* [[Emperor Xuan of Western Liang|Xuan Di]], emperor of the [[Liang Dynasty]] (b. [[519]])

== References ==
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