515

This article is about the year 515. For other uses, see515 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	490s 500s 510s 520s 530s
Years:	512 513 514 515 516 517 518

515 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	515 DXV
Ab urbe condita	1268
Assyrian calendar	5265
Balinese saka calendar	436–437
Bengali calendar	−78
Berber calendar	1465
Buddhist calendar	1059
Burmese calendar	−123
Byzantine calendar	6023–6024
Chinese calendar	Giáp ngọNiên (WoodHorse) 3212 or 3005 — to — Ất vị niên (WoodGoat) 3213 or 3006
Coptic calendar	231–232
Discordian calendar	1681
Ethiopian calendar	507–508
Hebrew calendar	4275–4276
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	571–572
-Shaka Samvat	436–437
-Kali Yuga	3615–3616
Holocene calendar	10515
Iranian calendar	107 BP – 106 BP
Islamic calendar	110 BH – 109 BH
Javanese calendar	402–403
Julian calendar	515 DXV
Korean calendar	2848
Minguo calendar	1397 beforeROC Dân tiền 1397 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−953
Seleucid era	826/827AG
Thai solar calendar	1057–1058
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc mã niên (male Wood-Horse) 641 or 260 or −512 — to — Âm mộc dương niên (female Wood-Goat) 642 or 261 or −511

EmpressAriadne(c. 450–515)

Year515(DXV) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Florentius andAnthemius(or, less frequently,year 1268Ab urbe condita). The denomination 515 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

Byzantine Empire

• Autumn –Revolt of Vitalian:Byzantine general (magister militum)Vitalianmobilises his army, and marches again towardsConstantinople.He captures the suburb ofSycae(modernTurkey) across theGolden Horn,and encamps there.
• EmperorAnastasius IgivesMarinus,formerpraetorian prefect of the East,command over theByzantine army.He defeats the rebel fleet at the harbor entrance, using asulfur-based chemical substance, similar to the laterGreek fire.
• Marinus lands with an army on the shore of Sycae and defeats the rebels. Disheartened by the losses suffered, Vitalian flees north under cover of the night.
• As a sign of his victory, Anastasius I leads a procession toSosthenion,and attends a service of thanks at thelocal churchdedicated to theArchangel Michael.
• EmpressAriadne,wife of Emperor Anastasius I, dies at Constantinople and is buried in theChurch of the Holy Apostles.

Europe

• Amalasuintha,daughter of kingTheodoric the Great,marriesEutharic,anOstrogothnoble of the oldAmalline.

By topic

Religion

• TheSt. Maurice's Abbey(Switzerland) is founded bySigismund of Burgundy.He sets up five groups ofmonksto whom he entrusts theliturgyof the praise ofGod.

Births

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

Deaths

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

References

Bibliography

• 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.ISBN0-486-20398-0.
• 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.ISBN0-486-20399-9.
• 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.ISBN978-0-5213-2591-2.