# 605

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Year **605** (**[DCV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Friday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). The denomination 605 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

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### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- Emperor [Phocas](/source/Phocas) recognizes [Agilulf](/source/Agilulf) as king of the [Lombards](/source/Lombards), and signs a [peace treaty](/source/Peace_treaty). He pays a [tribute](/source/Tribute) and cedes [Orvieto](/source/Orvieto) ([Central Italy](/source/Central_Italy)), among other towns. The [Byzantine army](/source/Byzantine_army) is withdrawn from the [Balkan Peninsula](/source/Balkans).
- Phocas has [Constantina](/source/Constantina_(empress)), empress consort of [Maurice](/source/Maurice_(emperor)), and her three daughters arrested. He accuses her of [conspiracy](/source/Conspiracy_(crime)), and has them executed at [Chalcedon](/source/Chalcedon) ([Bithynia](/source/Bithynia)).

#### Britain

- King [Æthelfrith](/source/%C3%86thelfrith_of_Northumbria) annexes the neighboring kingdom of [Deira](/source/Deira) ([Northern England](/source/Northern_England)). The region between the [Forth](/source/River_Forth) and [Humber](/source/Humber) rivers will hereafter be known as [Northumbria](/source/Northumbria), the most powerful of the [Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxons) kingdoms.

#### Persia

- As a result of a quarrel between the [Lakhmids](/source/Lakhmids) (Southern [Iraq](/source/Iraq)) and King [Khosrau II](/source/Khosrau_II), the [Persian](/source/Sassanid_Empire) frontier with [Arabia](/source/Arabian_Peninsula) is no longer guarded (approximate date).

#### Asia

- Emperor [Yángdi](/source/Emperor_Yang_of_Sui) orders the capital to be transferred from [Chang'an](/source/Chang'an) to [Luoyang](/source/Luoyang). He begins the construction of the [Grand Canal](/source/Grand_Canal_of_China), that will link existing [waterways](/source/Waterway) to the new Chinese capital; it will be built by a million [laborers](/source/Laborer).
- Yángdi introduces an [imperial examination](/source/Imperial_examination), designed to select the best administrative officials (after they receive the **jinshi**) for the state; this begins a long [bureaucratic](/source/Bureaucracy) tradition of [scholar-officialdom](/source/Scholar-official) in [China](/source/China).
- The [Zhaozhou Bridge](/source/Anji_Bridge) is completed under the [Sui dynasty](/source/Sui_dynasty), the earliest known fully stone open-spandrel segmental [arch bridge](/source/Arch_bridge) in the world (although the earlier Roman [Trajan's Bridge](/source/Trajan's_Bridge) featured segmental arches).
- [Amshuvarma](/source/Amshuvarma) becomes king of the [Licchavi](/source/Licchavi_(kingdom)) in [Nepal](/source/Nepal). He is credited for opening [trade routes](/source/Trade_route) to [Tibet](/source/Tibet). His ruling period is known as the "Golden Period".

#### Mesoamerica

- [Aj Ne' Yohl Mat](/source/Aj_Ne'_Yohl_Mat) becomes ruler (*[ajaw](/source/Ajaw)*) of the [Maya](/source/Maya_civilization) city of [Palenque](/source/Palenque) ([Mexico](/source/Mexico)). During his reign his kingdom is invaded by people from [Calakmul](/source/Calakmul).[1][2]

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## Births

- [Chlodulf](/source/Chlodulf_of_Metz), [bishop of Metz](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Metz)
- [Colmán](/source/Colm%C3%A1n_of_Lindisfarne), bishop of [Lindisfarne](/source/Lindisfarne) (approximate date)
- [Fatimah](/source/Fatimah), daughter of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad) (or 615)
- [Yang You](/source/Yang_You), puppet emperor of the [Sui dynasty](/source/Sui_dynasty) (d. [619](/source/619))
- [Sisenand](/source/Sisenand), king of the [Visigoths](/source/Visigoths) (approximate date)
- [Songtsän Gampo](/source/Songts%C3%A4n_Gampo), emperor of the [Tibetan Empire](/source/Tibetan_Empire) (d. [649](/source/649))
- [Yang Tong](/source/Yang_Tong), puppet emperor of the Sui dynasty (d. 619)

## Deaths

- [Alexander of Tralles](/source/Alexander_of_Tralles), [physician](/source/Physician) (approximate date)
- [Brandub mac Echach](/source/Brandub_mac_Echach), king of [Uí Ceinnselaig](/source/U%C3%AD_Ceinnselaig) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))
- [Constantina](/source/Constantina_(empress)), Byzantine empress (approximate date)
- [Damian](/source/Pope_Damian_of_Alexandria), [Coptic Orthodox](/source/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria) [Patriarch of Alexandria](/source/Patriarch_of_Alexandria)

## References

1. ["Ajen Yohl Mat"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140811202034/http://www.mesoweb.com/encyc/index.asp?passcall=site&passS=palenque&passSAND=&passSANDNOT=&passexact=n&id2=2&expert=y). Archived from [the original](http://www.mesoweb.com/encyc/index.asp?passcall=site&passS=palenque&passSAND=&passSANDNOT=&passexact=n&id2=2&expert=y) on August 11, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

1. "Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens" by [Simon Martin](/source/Simon_Martin_(Mayanist)) and [Nikolai Grube](/source/Nikolai_Grube)

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