510s

The 510s decade ran from January 1, 510, to December 31, 519.

510

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By place

Britannia

• Battle of Llongborth (possibly Langport or Portsmouth): King Budic II of Brittany seeks refuge at the court of Aergol Lawhir, in Dyfed (Wales) after the battle.

Europe

• King Theodoric the Great raises the Frankish siege at Arles; the city is heroically defended by its inhabitants, assisted by the Ostrogothic general Theudis. The Ostrogoths overrun Provence (Southern Gaul), and consolidate their gains in the region.
• Theodoric the Great appoints his friend Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, to the rank of consul of the Ostrogothic Kingdom.

Persian Empire

• The Sasanian Persians conquer the independent kingdom of Caucasian Albania, a state converted to Christianity in the 4th century by Armenian missionaries (approximate date).

Significant people

Births

Transcluding articles: 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, and 519

510

• Aredius, abbot and saint (approximate date)
• Gildas, Celtic monk (approximate date)
• Xiao Ming Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 528)
• Xiao Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 535)
• Yifu, empress of Western Wei (d. 540)

511

• Yang Yin, official of Northern Qi (d. 560)^[20]

512

• David, Welsh bishop and saint (approximate date)
• Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)
• Maurus, Roman abbot and saint (d. 584)
• Wu Mingche, general of the Chen dynasty (d. 578)
• Lady Xian, Chinese general (d. 602)^[21]

513

• An Ding Wang, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 532)

515

• Approximate date – Cainnech of Aghaboe, Irish abbot and saint (d. 600)
• Hulü Guang, general of Northern Qi (d. 572)
• Yuwen Hu, regent of Northern Zhou (d. 572)

516

• Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths (d. 534)
• Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Irish bishop (d. 546)

517

• Charibert I, king of the Franks (approximate date)
• Ebrulf, Frankish hermit and abbot (d. 596)

518

• Matasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths (approximate date)
• Mungo, Brythonic apostle and saint (approximate date)
• Yōmei, emperor of Japan (d. 587)

519

• Xuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (d. 562)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, and 519

510

• January 1 – Eugendus, abbot of Condat Abbey
• Drest II, king of the Picts (approximate date)
• Hashim, great-grandfather of Muhammad (approximate date)
• Tato, king of the Lombards (approximate date)

511

• November 27 – Clovis I, king of the Franks^[1]

512

• Areobindus, Byzantine general and politician
• Wang Baoming, empress of Southern Qi (b. 455)

513

• Gesalec, king of the Visigoths (approximate date)
• Shen Yue, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 441)

514

• July 19 – Pope Symmachus^[7]
• Aelle of Sussex, king of Sussex (approximate date)
• Jayavarman, king of Funan (Cambodia)
• Mac Nisse, bishop of Connor^[22]

515

• Ariadne, Byzantine empress
• Euphemius, patriarch of Constantinople
• Gao Zhao, high official of Northern Wei
• Xuan Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 483)

516

• Gundobad, king of the Burgundians
• Hygelac, king of the Geats (approximate date)
• John, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
• Oisc, king of Kent (approximate date)

517

• April 5 – Timothy I, patriarch of Constantinople
• Dioscorus II, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria
• Macedonius II, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)

518

• July 9 – Anastasius I Dicorus, Byzantine emperor
• July – Theocritus, Byzantine pretender
• Aeneas of Gaza, Neoplatonist and Christian philosopher (approximate date)^[23]
• Flavian II, patriarch of Antioch
• Gao, Chinese empress of Northern Wei
• Moninne of Killeavy, one of Ireland's early women saints (approximate date)
• Sanghapala, Mon-Khmer monk (b. 506)
• Tonantius Ferreolus, Gallo-Roman senator (approximate date)
• Yu Zhong, official and regent of Northern Wei (b. 452)

519

• Munjamyeong of Goguryeo, 21st king of Goguryeo^[19]

References

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2. "Vesuvius | Facts, Location, & Eruptions". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
3. Martindale 1980, p. 840
4. Richard Nelson Frye, The History of Ancient Iran, Vol.3, (Beck'sche Verlangbuchhandlung, 1984), p. 323
5. "Babylonia". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
6. "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
7. "Saint Symmachus | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
8. Bury 1958a, p. 451
9. Bury 1958a, p. 451-452; Cameron, Ward-Perkins & Whitby 2000, pp. 57, 294
10. Bury 1958a, p. 452
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14. P. Brown, The world of late antiquity, W.W. Norton and Co. 1971 (p. 147)
15. Moorhead (1994), p. 21-22, with a reference to Procopius, Secret History 8.3.
16. Martindale 1980, p. 489
17. Shahîd 1989, p. 121, 125–127; Greatrex & Lieu 2002, p. 51
18. "Cerdic | king of Wessex". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
19. "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
20. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three & Four. BRILL. 18 September 2014. p. 1855. ISBN 978-90-04-27185-2.
21. Wade, Geoff (2014). Asian Expansions: The Historical Experiences of Polity Expansion in Asia. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9781135043537.
22. "Angus mac Nisse". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
23. Champion, Michael W. (2022). Dorotheus of Gaza and Ascetic Education. Oxford University Press. pp. 16, 103. ISBN 9780198869269. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

Bibliography

• Martindale, John R., ed. (1980). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II, AD 395–527. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20159-4.
• Bury, John Bagnell (1958a) [1923]. History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian, Volume 1. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-20398-0.
• Bury, John Bagnell (1958b) [1923]. History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian, Volume 2. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-20399-9.
• Cameron, Averil; Ward-Perkins, Bryan; Whitby, Michael, eds. (2000). The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume XIV: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425–600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5213-2591-2.