Editing 530 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[December 15]] &ndash; Emperor [[Justinian I]] selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on [[Roman law]]. This becomes the ''[[Digest (Roman law)|Digest]]'' (Pandects).
* [[Tribonian]] becomes ''[[quaestor sacri palatii]]'' and [[Editor-in-chief|chief editor]] of the compilation of the old [[Roman Empire|Roman]] lawyers' writings.

==== Persia ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Battle of Dara]]: [[Belisarius]] and [[Hermogenes (magister officiorum)|Hermogenes]] (''[[magister officiorum]]'') defeat a combined [[Sassanids|Persian]]-[[Arabian Peninsula|Arab]] army of 50,000 men at [[Dara (Mesopotamia)|Dara]] (modern [[Turkey]]), by [[Trench|entrenching]] his infantry in a refused position in the centre line, then carrying out a [[cavalry]] envelopment to culminate a classic defensive-offensive [[battleplan]].  
* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Satala (530)|Battle of Satala]]: A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] cavalry force (30,000 men) under command of [[Sittas]] defeats a major [[Iran|Persian]] invasion into [[Roman Armenia]]. 

==== Africa ====
* King [[Hilderic]] is deposed by his cousin [[Gelimer]] after a seven-year reign. Gelimer restores [[Arianism]] as the official religion of the [[Vandals|Vandal Kingdom]] and puts Hilderic in prison along with other supporters. 
* Justinian I sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to [[Carthage]] to negotiate with Gelimer. Gelimer replies: “Nothing is more desirable than that a [[monarch]] should mind his own business.”<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hodgkin |first1=Thomas |title=Italy and Her Invaders: 476-535, Volume 3 |date=1885 |isbn=9785876357366 |page=662|publisher=Рипол Классик }}</ref>

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei|Xiao Zhuang Di]] is arrested and imprisoned in a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple at [[Taiyuan|Jinyang]] ([[Shanxi]]). He is succeeded by [[Yuan Ye (emperor)|Chang Guang Wang]], who becomes the new ruler of [[Northern Wei]].
* [[Xiao Tong]], eldest son of emperor [[Emperor Wu of Liang|Wu Di]], compiles the ''[[Wen Xuan]]'' (Literary Selections), a famous [[anthology]] of works dating from the [[Han dynasty|Han]] to the [[Liang dynasty]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* The mosaic [[synagogue]] floor from [[Ma'on, Har Hebron|Maon]] ([[Judea and Samaria Area|Judea]]) is made. It is now kept at the [[Israel Museum]] in [[Jerusalem]] (approximate date).
* The [[Vishnu]] Temple at [[Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh]] ([[India]]) is built.

==== Religion ====
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Pope Felix IV]] dies at [[Rome]] after a four-year reign, in which he has condemned [[Semipelagianism|semi-pelagianism]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Boniface II|Boniface II]], an [[archdeacon]] of [[Germany|German]] descent, who becomes the 55th [[pope]].
* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Antipope Dioscorus|Dioscorus]] is elected as [[antipope]] in the [[Lateran Palace]], but he dies within a month, thus ending the [[Schism (religion)|schism]]. 
* [[Brendan the Navigator|Brendan]], Irish [[abbot]], allegedly climbs to the top of [[Mount Brandon]] to look for the [[Americas]] (approximate date).   
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