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Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 505 (DV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodorus and Sabinianus (or, less frequently, year 1258 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 505 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
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Byzantine Empire
[edit | edit source]- Emperor Anastasius I agrees to pay his share of the cost of defending the Caucasian Gates, against nomadic invasions from East Asia.[1]
- Anastasius I decides to rebuild the village of Dara (Northern Mesopotamia). He constructs a new strategic fortress to guard the frontier.[2]
- The white Huns (Hephthalites) from the Caucasus invade the Persian Empire.
Vietnam
[edit | edit source]- Lý Nguyên Khải, Jiaozhou's governor, rebels against the Liang dynasty, but is suppressed by Lý Tắc, a state official, and subsequently prosecuted.[3]
Births
[edit | edit source]- Belisarius, Byzantine general (d. 565)
- Dorotheus of Gaza, Christian monk and abbot (approximate date)
- Dynod Bwr, king of Hen Ogledd (approximate date)
- Varāhamihira, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 587)
- Saint Yared, Axumite composer (d. 571)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Anastasius I | Byzantine emperor | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ↑ Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N.C. (June 29, 2005). The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628. Routledge. pp. 74–77. ISBN 9781134756469.
- ↑ Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 35, Peripheral Records vol. 4.