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533 (DXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 533rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 533rd year of the 1st millennium, the 33rd year of the 6th century, and the 4th year of the 530s decade. As of the start of 533, the Gregorian calendar was 2 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• January 2 – John II becomes Pope, succeeding Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532.
• Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
• September 13 – Battle of Ad Decimium: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected.
• December 15 – The Battle of Ticameron begins.
• December – Battle of Ticameron: Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Gelimer and Tzazo. Tzazo is killed in an all-cavalry fight, and Gelimer flees to the mountains of Numidia.
• December 16 – The Digesta or Pandectae, a collection of jurist writings and other sources, is completed (see Corpus Juris Civilis).
• Theodebert I becomes king of Austrasia.