__NOTOC__ Year 530 ( DXXX) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lampadius and

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(or, less frequently, year 1283 ''

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''). The denomination 530 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

* December 15 – Emperor Justinian I selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman law. This becomes the ''

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'' (Pandects). * Tribonian becomes '' quaestor sacri palatii'' and

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of the compilation of the old Roman lawyers' writings.

Persia

* Spring – Battle of Dara: Belisarius and

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('' magister officiorum'') defeat a combined Persian- Arab army of 50,000 men at Dara (modern Turkey), by entrenching his infantry in a refused position in the centre line, then carrying out a

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envelopment to culminate a classic defensive-offensive battleplan. * Summer – Battle of Satala: A Byzantine cavalry force (30,000 men) under command of Sittas defeats a major Persian invasion into Roman Armenia.

Africa

* King Hilderic is deposed by his cousin Gelimer after a seven-year reign. Gelimer restores

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as the official religion of the Vandal Kingdom and puts Hilderic in prison along with other supporters. * Justinian I sends an embassy to Carthage to negotiate with Gelimer. Gelimer replies: “Nothing is more desirable than that a monarch should mind his own business.”

China

* Emperor Xiao Zhuang Di is arrested and imprisoned in a Buddhist temple at Jinyang (

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). He is succeeded by Chang Guang Wang, who becomes the new ruler of

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. * Xiao Tong, eldest son of emperor Wu Di, compiles the '' Wen Xuan'' (Literary Selections), a famous

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of works dating from the Han to the Liang Dynasty (approximate date).

By topic

Art

* The mosaic

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floor from Maon ( Judea) is made. It is now kept at the

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in Jerusalem (approximate date). * The Vishnu Temple at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh ( India) is built.

Religion

* September 22 –

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dies at Rome after a four-year reign, in which he has condemned semi-pelagianism. He is succeeded by Boniface II, an

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of German descent, who becomes the 55th pope. * October 14 – Dioscorus is elected as

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in the Lateran Palace, but he dies within a month, thus ending the

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. * Brendan, Irish abbot, allegedly climbs to the top of Mount Brandon to look for the

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(approximate date).

Births

* Dallán Forgaill, Irish poet (approximate date) *

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, Byzantine Empress (approximate date) *

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, Latin poet and bishop (approximate date) (d. 600) * Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen Dynasty (d.

582 __NOTOC__ Year 582 ( DLXXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 582 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

)

Deaths

* September 22 –

* October 14 – Antipope Dioscorus * Cador, king of Dumnonia ( England) * Colmán of Cloyne, Irish monk (d. 606) *

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, king of the Picts (approximate date) * Erzhu Rong, general of

(b.

493 Year 493 ( CDXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Eusebius (or, less frequently, year 1246 '' Ab urbe ...

) * Xiao Baoyin, prince of

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(b.

487 Year 487 ( CDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Boethius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1240 ''A ...

)

References

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