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Year '''512''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Paulus (consul 512)|Paulus]] and [[Moschianus (consul 512)|Moschianus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1265 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 512 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 ====
* Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] ends a period of moderate eclectic policy, and starts strongly favoring his own [[Monophysitism|monophysitist]] beliefs.
* [[Areobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus|Areobindus]], Byzantine general, is proclaimed emperor during a riot at [[Constantinople]] but refuses to take part in the usurpation.
* Anastasius I constructs a [[Defensive wall|wall]] from the [[Black Sea]] to the [[Sea of Marmara]], to protect Constantinople from raiding [[Bulgars]] and [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Theodoric the Great]] grants citizens on [[Mount Vesuvius]] exemption from taxes, after a severe [[Types of volcanic eruptions|eruption]] in southeastern [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Vesuvius {{!}} Facts, Location, & Eruptions |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Vesuvius |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Ostrogoths]] conquer the [[Franks|Frankish]] province [[Rouergue]] (Southern [[Gaul]]).

==== Asia ====
* The island nation of [[Usan-guk]] is conquered by the [[Silla|Silla dynasty]] ([[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]]), under general [[Kim Isabu]].

=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* The first written text in the [[History of the Arabic alphabet|Arabic alphabet]] is recorded at Zabad ([[Syria]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Saint David|David]], Welsh [[bishop]] and [[saint]] (approximate date)
* [[Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople|Eutychius]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (approximate date) 
* [[Saint Maurus|Maurus]], Roman [[abbot]] and saint (d. [[584]])
* [[Wu Mingche]], general of the [[Chen dynasty]] (d. [[578]])
* [[Lady Xian]], Chinese general (d. [[602]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wade |first1=Geoff |title=Asian Expansions: The Historical Experiences of Polity Expansion in Asia |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135043537 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXXZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Areobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus|Areobindus]], Byzantine general and [[politician]]
* [[Empress Dowager Wang Baoming|Wang Baoming]], empress of [[Southern Qi]] (b. [[455]])

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