Editing AD 502 (section)

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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Anastasian War|War with Sassanid Persia]]: Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] refuses to pay a share of the cost of defending the [[Darial Gorge|Caucasian Gates]], through which nomadic tribes have come for raids on [[Iran|Persia]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]]. King [[Kavadh I]] invades [[Armenia]] and captures [[Erzurum|Theodosiopolis]].<ref>{{harvnb|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|p=62}}</ref> 
* Winter &ndash; Kavadh I besieges the fortress-city of [[Amida (Mesopotamia)|Amida]] (modern [[Turkey]]). The defenders, although unsupported by Byzantine troops, repel the Persian assaults for three months before they are finally beaten.<ref>{{harvnb|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|p=63}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[March 29]] &ndash; King [[Gundobad]] issues a new legal code (''[[Lex Burgundionum]]'') at [[Lyon]], that makes [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Romans]] and [[Burgundians]] subject to the same [[law]]s (approximate date).
* The [[Bulgars]] ravage [[Thrace]]. A semi-nomadic people, they have absorbed the surviving [[Huns]] and meet no opposition from Byzantine forces.

==== China ====
* The [[Liang Dynasty]] is founded by [[Emperor Wu of Liang|Xiao Yan]], who marches on [[Jiankang]] (later [[Nanjing]]). Emperor [[Emperor He of Southern Qi|He Di]], age 14, is put to death. The [[Southern Qi|Southern Qi Dynasty]] ends and Wu Di becomes ruler of the Liang Dynasty.
* [[December 24]] - [[Emperor Wu of Liang|Xiao Yan]] names [[Xiao Tong]] his heir designate.
* The [[Nanhua Temple]], located southeast of [[Shaoguan]], is founded by the Indian [[monk]] Zhiyao Sanzang. The temple covers an area of {{convert|42.5|ha|acre|abbr=off}} and consists of a set of historical [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] buildings.

=== By topic ===
==== Arts and sciences ====
* The Persian [[philosopher]] [[Mazdak]] declares private property to be the source of all evil.

==== Literature ====
* The Chinese ''[[Book of Song]]'' is finished. The text is one of the [[Twenty-Four Histories]], a traditional collection of historical records during the [[Southern and Northern Dynasties]].

==== Religion ====
* [[Caesarius of Arles|Caesarius]] becomes [[bishop]] of [[Arles]]. His [[episcopal see]], near the mouth of the [[Rhone|Rhone River]] and close to [[Marseille]], retains its ancient importance in the social and commercial life of [[Gaul]] for forty years.  
* [[October 23]] &ndash; The ''Synodus Palmaris'', called by [[Goths|Gothic]] king [[Theodoric the Great]], clears [[Pope Symmachus]] of all charges, thus ending the schism of [[Antipope Laurentius]].
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