512

Centuries: 5th century – 6th century – 7th century

Decades: 460s 470s 480s 490s 500s – 510s – 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s

Years: 507 508 509 510 511 – 512 – 513 514 515 516 517

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century – 6th century – 7th century
Decades:	480s  490s  500s  – 510s –  520s  530s  540s
Years:	509 510 511 – 512 – 513 514 515

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Events

• Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Anastasius I ends a period of moderate ecclestical policy, and starts strongly favoring his own monophysitist beliefs.
• Flavian II, Patriarch of Antioch, is deposed and replaced with Severus.
• The island nation of Usan-guk is conquered by the Korean Silla Dynasty general Lee Sabu.
• Earliest known dated text in the Arabic alphabet, at Zebed in Syria

Births

• Saint David

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