Aneirin
fl. c. 550 – c. 650
Welsh

Poet. His Gododdin relates the epic defense of Britain against Saxon invaders. It celebrates courage, struggle, and the lost Celtic civilization also immortalized in Mallory's Morte d'Arthur.

Contemporaries
fl. c. 625–c. 706Wu Zetian
600–664Xuanzang
574–622Shotoku Taishi
499–565Procopius
581–644Omar
602–680Muawiyah I
570–632Mohammed
482–565Justinian
?–638Honorius I
605–633Fatima
521–597St. Columba
484–577St. Brendan
fl. 550Bodhidharma
fl. 550Bias
fl. 650Bhartrihari
fl. 550King Arthur
fl. 550Antar
573–664'Amr ibn al-'As
613–678Aishah
573–634Abu-Bakr