505 CE

Emperor Anastasius I agrees to pay his share of the cost of defending the Caucasian Gates, against nomadic invasions from East Asia. The white Huns (Hephthalites) from the Caucasus invade the Persian Empire. Anastasius I decides to rebuild the village of Dara (Northern Mesopotamia). He constructs a new strategic fortress to guard the frontier.

In the 500s, the 6th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Anastasius I decides to rebuild the village of Dara (Northern Mesopotamia). He constructs a new strategic fortress to guard the frontier.source

Conflict & Security

  • Emperor Anastasius I agrees to pay his share of the cost of defending the Caucasian Gates, against nomadic invasions from East Asia.source
  • Lý Nguyên Khải, Jiaozhou's governor, rebels against the Liang dynasty, but is suppressed by Lý Tắc, a state official, and subsequently prosecuted.source
  • The white Huns (Hephthalites) from the Caucasus invade the Persian Empire.source

Births

  • Dorotheus of Gaza, Christian monk and abbot (approximate date)source
  • Varāhamihira, Indian astronomer and mathematician (died 587)source
  • Saint Yared, Axumite composer (died 571)source
  • Belisarius, Byzantine general (died 565)source
  • Dynod Bwr, king of Hen Ogledd (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • John I, Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandriasource