Editing 513

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Year '''513''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Probus (consul 513)|Probus]] and Clementinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1266 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 513 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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

==== Europe ====
* [[Revolt of Vitalian]]: Byzantine general [[Vitalian (consul)|Vitalian]] revolts against Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]], and conquers a large part of the [[Diocese of Thrace]]. He gains the support of the local people, and assembles an army of 50,000–60,000 men.
* Anastasius I reduces [[tax]]es in the provinces of [[Bithynia]] and [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]], to prevent them from joining the rebellion. Vitalian marches to [[Constantinople]] and encamps at the suburb of [[Bakırköy|Hebdomon]] (modern [[Turkey]]). 
* Anastasius I sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] under the former consul [[Patricius (consul 500)|Patricius]] to start negotiations. Vitalian declares his aims: restoration of [[Chalcedonian Christianity|Chalcedonian Orthodoxy]] and the settling of the Thracian ''[[foederati]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Martindale|1980|p=840}}</ref>
* Vitalian accepts an agreement and returns with his army to [[Lower Moesia]]. After a few inconclusive skirmishes, Anastasius I sends a Byzantine army (80,000 men) under his nephew [[Hypatius (consul 500)|Hypatius]]. 
* Vitalian defeats the Byzantines at [[Kaliakra|Acris]] ([[Bulgaria]]), on the [[Black Sea]] coast. He attacks their fortified [[Laager]] in darkness, and in a crushing defeat kills a large part of the imperial army.

==== Persia ====
* King [[Kavadh I]] adopts the doctrine of the [[Mazdak]]ites, and breaks the influence of the magnates' ([[nobility]]).<ref>Richard Nelson Frye, ''The History of Ancient Iran'', Vol.3, (Beck'sche Verlangbuchhandlung, 1984), p. 323</ref>
* The [[Jews|Jewish]] community revolts at [[Ctesiphon]] against Mazdakism, and establishes an independent Jewish kingdom that lasts for seven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_01807.html|title=Babylonia|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Saint Vigor|Vigor]] becomes [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux|bishop of Bayeux]]. He opposes [[paganism]] and founds a [[monastery]] later known as [[Saint-Vigor-le-Grand]] ([[Normandy]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Yuan Lang|An Ding Wang]], emperor of [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[532]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Gesalec]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (approximate date)
* [[Shen Yue]], Chinese [[historian]] and statesman (b. [[441]])

== References ==
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