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Heads of State

Year of the Fire Dog丙戌( at the beginning of the year Wood Rooster乙酉)

Era of Diocletian: 222/223 ( year November )

Syria: 817/818 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • February 5: The Visigothic king Alaric II lets the people right in the Lex Romana Visigothorum codify and gives it out as Alaric Breviary, a collection of Roman law.
  • Unlike his father Eurich it behaves as Arians tolerant towards his Catholic subjects. 506 it allows them to hold a church meeting in Agde; This prohibits the construction of double monasteries, so monasteries for monks and nuns on the same site.
  • The Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I can the East Syrian border fortress of Dara (west of Nisibis ) secure against the Persians.
  • Anastasius I and the Sassanid Great King Kavadh I call a truce in the Roman- Persian war.
  • 502 or 506: The Franks under Clovis I defeat the Alamanni final (probably at Strasbourg) and also beat an army of Thuringia.

Religion

Died

  • Peter, Roman usurper
  • 506/507: Lawrence, Antipope
April 2014 List of centuries 8th century 460s 470s 490s 500s (decade) 510s 520s 530s 540s 496 501 511 516 Vikram Samvat Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Coptic calendar Double monastery Anastasius I Dicorus Kavadh I. September 10 Council of Agde Peter (usurper) Antipope Laurentius
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