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[[File:Gang Yi-sik admral.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Admiral [[Kang I-sik]] of [[Goguryeo]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])]]
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Year '''598''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXCVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 598 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 ====
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Maurice's Balkan campaigns#Renewed campaigns, 597–602|Balkan Campaign]]: The [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] lift the [[siege]] of the fortress city of [[Constanța|Tomis]] (modern [[Romania]]). A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army under [[Comentiolus]] crosses the [[Balkan Mountains]], and marches along the [[Danube|Danube River]] to [[Medgidia|Zikidiba]].<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">Whitby (1998), p. 162</ref>
* The Avars rout the Byzantine forces of Comentiolus (south of [[Haemus Mons]]), and capture [[Drusipara|Drizipera]] ([[Diocese of Thrace|Thrace]]). A large part of their troops are killed by the [[Plague (disease)|plague]], after many cities are devastated in the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]].<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
* Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] pays [[tribute]] to the Avars and concludes a [[Peace treaty|treaty]] with their leader [[Bayan I]], allowing Byzantine expeditions in [[Wallachia]].<ref>Pohl (2002), p. 154</ref> He reorganises his army and strengthens the [[Anastasian Wall|Long Walls]] (west of [[Constantinople]]).<ref>Whitby (1998), p. 163</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Maurice makes [[peace]] with King [[Agilulf]], conceding northern [[Italy]]. Pope [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory I the Great]] negotiates a truce, ending 30 years of [[Lombards|Lombard]] terror. Agilulf expands the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]] by occupying [[Sutri]] and [[Perugia]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Catraeth]]: The [[Gododdin]] under [[Mynyddog Mwynfawr]], [[Britons (Celtic people)|Brythonic]] king of [[Hen Ogledd]] ("The Old North"), defeat the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] of [[Bernicia]] and [[Deira]], at the stronghold of [[Catterick, North Yorkshire|Catraeth]] in [[Northern England]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war|Goguryeo War]]: Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] orders his youngest son, [[Yang Liang]] (assisted by the co-prime minister [[Gao Jiong]]), to conquer [[Goguryeo]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]) during the rainy season, with a Chinese army (300,000 men). 
* The Chinese fleet engages in battle against the Goguryeo fleet (50,000 men) under Admiral [[Kang I-sik]], and is destroyed in the [[Bohai Sea]]. During the invasion the Sui forces are all defeated, and Yang Liang is forced to retreat.
* King [[Yeongyang of Goguryeo|Yeongyang]] sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to [[Daxing District|Daxing]]; Wéndi accepts a [[Peace treaty|peace agreement]] with Goguryeo. He claims a hollow victory, as the [[Sui dynasty]] lost nearly 90% of his army and navy during the disastrous campaign.
* [[Hye of Baekje|Hye]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Baekje]].<ref name=met>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Missionary|Missionaries]] begin to convert the [[Anglo-Saxons]] to [[Christianity]] throughout much of what will later be the [[British Isles]] (approximate date).
* The [[Guoqing Temple]] is built on [[Tiantai Mountain|Mount Tiantai]] ([[Zhejiang]]), and becomes the site for the teachings of [[Chinese Buddhism]].
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== Births ==
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Taizong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[649]])
* [[Dou Dexuan]], high official of the Tang dynasty (d. [[AD 666|666]])
* [[Du Fuwei]], rebel leader during the [[Sui dynasty]] (d. [[624]])
* [[Princess Pingyang|Pingyang]], princess of the Tang ynasty (d. [[623]])
* [[Brahmagupta]], Indian mathematician and astronomer (d. [[668]])
* [[Gomentrude]], Frankish queen consort (fl. [[630]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Áed mac Ainmuirech]], [[High King of Ireland]]
* [[Dallán Forgaill]], Christian [[Irish poetry|Irish poet]]
* [[Wideok of Baekje|Wideok]], king of [[Baekje]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]])<ref name=met /> (b. [[525]])

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