538

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Centuries:	5th century · 6th century · 7th century
Decades:	500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s
Years:	535 536 537 538 539 540 541

538 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments

**538 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	538 DXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1291
Armenian calendar	N/A
Chinese calendar	3174/3234-11-15 (丁巳年十一月十五日) — to — 3175/3235-11-25 (戊午年十一月廿五日)
Ethiopian calendar	530 – 531
Hebrew calendar	4298 – 4299
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	593 – 594
- Shaka Samvat	460 – 461
- Kali Yuga	3639 – 3640
Iranian calendar	84 BP – 83 BP
Islamic calendar	87 BH – 86 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 1198 (皇紀1198年)
- Jōmon Era	10538
Thai solar calendar	1081

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March 12 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. The Pope now emerges as the leading ruler in the West for 1260 years.

“AD 538 [was] the year when the Ostrogoths collapsed. It was out of the smoking ruins of the western Roman Empire and after the overthrow of the three Arian kingdoms that the pope of Rome emerged as the most important single individual in the West, the head of a closely organized church with a carefully defined creed and with vast potential for political influence. Dozens of writers have pointed out that the real survivor of the ancient Roman Empire was the Church of Rome.” (E. G. McKenzie, Catholic Church, page 14)

1260 years ended in 1798...

“In 1798 he (Berthier) made his entrance into Rome, ABOLISHED THE PAPAL GOVERNAMENT and established a secular one.” The Encyclopedia Americana, 1941 edition.