Editing 518

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[[File:Tremissis-Justin I-sb0058.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Justin I]] (518–527)]]
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Year '''518''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus|Paulus]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1271 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 518 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 ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[July 9]] &ndash; Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] dies childless at [[Constantinople]], age 88, after a 27-year reign in which he has abolished the sale of offices, reformed [[tax]]ation, and perfected the empire's [[monetary system]], but antagonized some with his heretical Monophysite religious policies. He is succeeded by [[Justin I|Justin]] (Flavius Justinus), his ''[[Excubitors|comes excubitorum]]'', commander of the palace guard. After his death, he leaves the imperial treasury richer by 23,000,000 ''[[Solidus (coin)|solidi]]'' or 320,000 pounds of [[gold]].<ref>P. Brown, ''The world of late antiquity'', W.W. Norton and Co. 1971 (p. 147)</ref>
* Justin I founds the [[Justinian dynasty]] and makes his nephew [[Justinian I|Flavius Petrus Sabbatius]] (later Justinian I) his trusted advisor. He becomes the emperor's close [[confidant]] and possibly acts as [[Regency (government)|regent]].<ref>Moorhead (1994), p. 21-22, with a reference to Procopius, ''Secret History'' 8.3.</ref> [[Theocritus (comes domesticorum)|Theocritus]], candidate to the [[throne]], is accused of a conspiracy and executed.

==== Balkans ====
* An [[earthquake]] destroys the city of [[Scupi]] (modern-day [[Skopje]], [[North Macedonia]]), in what once was the Roman province of [[Moesia|Moesia Superior]].

==== Arabia ====
* [[Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith]] becomes the king of the [[Ghassanids]]. He invades [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], but is defeated by a [[Byzantine army]] under general (''[[dux]]'') Romanus.<ref>{{harvnb|Martindale|1980|p=489}}</ref><ref>Shahîd 1989, p. 121, 125–127; Greatrex & Lieu 2002, p. 51</ref>
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Judaism|Jewish]] king [[Dhu Nuwas]] (also known as Yūsuf Asar Yathar) usurps the kingship of [[Himyar]] from [[Ma'dikarib Ya'fur]].<ref>According to [[Zacharias Rhetor]] of Mytilene (late 6th century).</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Severus of Antioch|Severus]], [[patriarch of Antioch]], is deposed by a [[synod]] for his [[Monophysitism]]. [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Paul the Jew]] is appointed to replace him.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Matasuntha]], queen of the [[Ostrogoths]] (approximate date)
* [[Saint Mungo|Mungo]], Brythonic [[apostle]] and [[Patron saint|saint]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Yu Zhong]], official and [[Regency (government)|regent]] of Northern Wei (b. [[462]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Anastasius I Dicorus]], [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine emperor]]
* July &ndash; [[Theocritus (comes domesticorum)|Theocritus]], Byzantine [[pretender]] (executed)
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Empress Gao (Xuanwu)|Gao]], Chinese empress dowager of [[Northern Wei]] (murdered)
* [[Aeneas of Gaza]], Neoplatonist and Christian philosopher (approximate date)<ref name="Champion">{{cite book |last1=Champion |first1=Michael W. |title=Dorotheus of Gaza and Ascetic Education |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198869269 |pages=16, 103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD90EAAAQBAJ |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[Flavian II of Antioch|Flavian II]], banished [[patriarch of Antioch]]
* [[Moninne]] of Killeavy, one of [[Ireland]]'s early women saints (approximate date)
* [[Tonantius Ferreolus (senator)|Tonantius Ferreolus]], [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Roman]] senator (approximate date)

== References ==
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