# 513

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Year **513** (**[DXIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Probus](/source/Probus_(consul_513)) and Clementinus** (or, less frequently, **year 1266 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 513 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

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### By place

#### Europe

- [Revolt of Vitalian](/source/Revolt_of_Vitalian): Byzantine general [Vitalian](/source/Vitalian_(consul)) revolts against Emperor [Anastasius I](/source/Anastasius_I_(emperor)), and conquers a large part of the [Diocese of Thrace](/source/Diocese_of_Thrace).[1] He gains the support of the local people, and assembles an army of 50,000–60,000 men.
- Anastasius I reduces [taxes](/source/Tax) in the provinces of [Bithynia](/source/Bithynia) and [Asia](/source/Asia_(Roman_province)), to prevent them from joining the rebellion. Vitalian marches to [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) and encamps at the suburb of [Hebdomon](/source/Bak%C4%B1rk%C3%B6y) (modern [Turkey](/source/Turkey)).
- Anastasius I sends an [embassy](/source/Diplomatic_mission) under the former consul [Patricius](/source/Patricius_(consul_500)) to start negotiations. Vitalian declares his aims: restoration of [Chalcedonian Orthodoxy](/source/Chalcedonian_Christianity) and the settling of the Thracian *[foederati](/source/Foederati)*.[2]
- Vitalian accepts an agreement and returns with his army to [Lower Moesia](/source/Lower_Moesia). After a few inconclusive skirmishes, Anastasius I sends a Byzantine army (80,000 men) under his nephew [Hypatius](/source/Hypatius_(consul_500)).
- Vitalian defeats the Byzantines at [Acris](/source/Kaliakra) ([Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)), on the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) coast. He attacks their fortified [Laager](/source/Laager) in darkness, and in a crushing defeat kills a large part of the imperial army.

#### Persia

- King [Kavadh I](/source/Kavadh_I) adopts the doctrine of the [Mazdakites](/source/Mazdak), and breaks the influence of the magnates' ([nobility](/source/Nobility)).[3]
- The [Jewish](/source/Jews) community revolts at [Ctesiphon](/source/Ctesiphon) against Mazdakism, and establishes an independent Jewish kingdom that lasts for seven years.[4]

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Vigor](/source/Saint_Vigor) becomes [bishop of Bayeux](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Bayeux). He opposes [paganism](/source/Paganism) and founds a [monastery](/source/Monastery) later known as [Saint-Vigor-le-Grand](/source/Saint-Vigor-le-Grand) ([Normandy](/source/Normandy)).

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## Births

- [An Ding Wang](/source/Yuan_Lang), emperor of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei) (d. [532](/source/532))

## Deaths

- [Gesalec](/source/Gesalec), king of the [Visigoths](/source/Visigoths) (approximate date)
- [Shen Yue](/source/Shen_Yue), Chinese [historian](/source/Historian) and statesman (b. [441](/source/441))

## References

1. [George Ostrogorsky](/source/George_Ostrogorsky), *History of the Byzantine State*, translated by Joan Hussey (New Brunswick: Rutgers University, 1957), p. 62

1. Martindale 1980, p. 840

1. Richard Nelson Frye, *The History of Ancient Iran*, Vol. 3, (Beck'sche Verlangbuchhandlung, 1984), p. 323

1. ["Babylonia"](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_01807.html). *www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org*

**Bibliography**

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