Editing AD 502

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[[File:Roman-Persian Frontier in Late Antiquity.svg|thumb|259px|The [[Byzantine Empire|Roman]]-[[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] frontier in [[Late Antiquity]]]] 
[[File:Liang Wudi.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Liang|Wu Di]] (502–549)]]   
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Year '''502''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Rufius Magnus Faustus Avienus|Avienus]] and [[Probus (consul 502)|Probus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1255 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 502 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 ====
* [[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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== Births ==
* [[Amalaric]], king of the [[Visigothic Kingdom|Visigoths]] (d. [[531]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Genevieve]], [[patron saint]] of [[Paris]] (approximate date)
* [[Emperor He of Southern Qi|He Di]], Chinese emperor of [[Southern Qi]] (b. [[488]])
* [[Narsai]], Syrian [[poet]] and [[Theology|theologian]] (approximate date)
* [[Vakhtang I of Iberia]], [[Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Georgian]] king (approximate date)

== References ==
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*{{cite book|last1=Greatrex|first1=Geoffrey|last2=Lieu|first2=Samuel N. C.|title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD)|location=New York, New York and London, United Kingdom|publisher=Routledge (Taylor & Francis)|year=2002|isbn=0-415-14687-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc8iAQAAIAAJ}}
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