510s
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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century
Decades: 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s - 560s
Years: 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520
Events and Trends:
- Possible timing of King Arthur's victory over the Saxons
- 512 - Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Anastasius I ends a period of moderate eclectic policy, and starts strongly favoring his own monophysitist beliefs.
- 512 - Earliest known dated text in the Arabic alphabet, at Zebed in Syria
- 512 - The island nation of Usan-guk is conquered by the Korean Silla Dynasty general Lee Sabu.
- 516 - Sigismund becomes king of Burgundy.
- 519 - The Memoirs of Eminent Monks is compiled in China.
