513

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	490s 500s 510s 520s 530s
Years:	510 511 512 513 514 515 516

513 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	513 DXIII
Ab urbe condita	1266
Assyrian calendar	5263
Balinese saka calendar	434–435
Bengali calendar	−80
Berber calendar	1463
Buddhist calendar	1057
Burmese calendar	−125
Byzantine calendar	6021–6022
Chinese calendar	Nhâm thầnNiên (WaterDragon) 3210 or 3003 — to — Quý tị niên (WaterSnake) 3211 or 3004
Coptic calendar	229–230
Discordian calendar	1679
Ethiopian calendar	505–506
Hebrew calendar	4273–4274
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	569–570
-Shaka Samvat	434–435
-Kali Yuga	3613–3614
Holocene calendar	10513
Iranian calendar	109 BP – 108 BP
Islamic calendar	112 BH – 111 BH
Javanese calendar	400–401
Julian calendar	513 DXIII
Korean calendar	2846
Minguo calendar	1399 beforeROC Dân tiền 1399 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−955
Seleucid era	824/825AG
Thai solar calendar	1055–1056
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy long niên (male Water-Dragon) 639 or 258 or −514 — to — Âm thủy xà niên (female Water-Snake) 640 or 259 or −513

Vigorbecomesbishop of Bayeux(6th century)

Year513(DXIII) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofProbusand Clementinus(or, less frequently,year 1266Ab urbe condita). The denomination 513 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Europe

• Revolt of Vitalian:Byzantine generalVitalianrevolts against EmperorAnastasius I,and conquers a large part of theDiocese of Thrace.He gains the support of the local people, and assembles an army of 50,000–60,000 men.
• Anastasius I reducestaxesin the provinces ofBithyniaandAsia,to prevent them from joining the rebellion. Vitalian marches toConstantinopleand encamps at the suburb ofHebdomon(modernTurkey).
• Anastasius I sends anembassyunder the former consulPatriciusto start negotiations. Vitalian declares his aims: restoration ofChalcedonian Orthodoxyand the settling of the Thracianfoederati.
• Vitalian accepts an agreement and returns with his army toLower Moesia.After a few inconclusive skirmishes, Anastasius I sends a Byzantine army (80,000 men) under his nephewHypatius.
• Vitalian defeats the Byzantines atAcris(Bulgaria), on theBlack Seacoast. He attacks their fortifiedLaagerin darkness, and in a crushing defeat kills a large part of the imperial army.

Persia

• KingKavadh Iadopts the doctrine of theMazdakites,and breaks the influence of the magnates' (nobility).
• TheJewishcommunity revolts atCtesiphonagainst Mazdakism, and establishes an independent Jewish kingdom that lasts for seven years.

By topic

Religion

• Vigorbecomesbishop of Bayeux.He opposespaganismand founds amonasterylater known asSaint-Vigor-le-Grand(Normandy).

Births

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

Deaths

• Gesalec,king of theVisigoths(approximate date)
• Shen Yue,Chinesehistorianand statesman (b.441)

References

Bibliography

• Martindale, John R.,ed. (1980).The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II, AD 395–527.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN0-521-20159-4.