Fearsome heavenly signs were seen, wonders and marvels, and there was darkness for the sun, and strange forms were seen in the atmosphere of the firmament. They said it foretold the death of the emperor and other matters, and so it was [(Tzemach David, Part 2)].

Rav Paltoi bar Mar Avai became head of the yeshiva in Pumbedita from year 4600 for 16 years.