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507 CE

Clovis I dictates the Salic Law (Code of the Barbaric Laws) to the Franks (a written codification of civil law for citizens of the Frankish Kingdom). The first and smaller of the two Buddhas of Bamyan is erected in central Afghanistan. Emperor Anastasius I completes the strategic fortress at Dara (Northern Mesopotamia). He raises the city walls to 30 feet (10 m), disregarding Persian protests. Alarmed by the depredations of Slavs and Bulgars in Thrace, he builds the Anastasian Wall from the Black Sea to Propontis, across the narrow peninsula near Constantinople (modern Turkey).

Conflict & Security

  • Keitai becomes the 26th emperor of Japan (according to the Nihon Shoki).source
  • Battle of Zhongli: army of Liang dynasty led by Wei Rui decisively defeated army of Northern Weisource
  • Gesalec succeeds his father Alaric II as king of the Visigoths. He establishes his residence at Narbonne and is supported by an alliance with the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great.source
  • Battle of Vouillé: A Frankish army under command of Clovis I invades the Visigothic Kingdom, and defeats King Alaric II near Poitiers. The Visigoths refuse to be enslaved, and retreat to Septimania (Southern Gaul). Clovis annexes Aquitania, and captures Toulouse.source
  • Hermanafrid, king of the Thuringi, marries Amalaberga. He begins his rule, shared with his brothers Baderic and Bertachar.source

Religion & Belief

  • A Mayan altar with the head of the death god is built in Copán, Honduras.source
  • Clovis I dictates the Salic Law (Code of the Barbaric Laws) to the Franks (a written codification of civil law for citizens of the Frankish Kingdom).source
  • The first and smaller of the two Buddhas of Bamyan is erected in central Afghanistan.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Emperor Anastasius I completes the strategic fortress at Dara (Northern Mesopotamia). He raises the city walls to 30 feet (10 m), disregarding Persian protests. Alarmed by the depredations of Slavs and Bulgars in Thrace, he builds the Anastasian Wall from the Black Sea to Propontis, across the narrow peninsula near Constantinople (modern Turkey).source

Crime & Justice

  • The town of Guilin, China, is renamed Guizhou.source
  • Wooden coffins and wooden tools are used in the burial places of the Alemanni.source

Births

  • Xiao Zhuang Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 531)source
  • John of Ephesus, Armenian bishop (approximate date)source
  • Wen Di, emperor of Western Wei (d. 551)source
  • Yuwen Tai, general of Western Wei (d. 556)source

Deaths

  • Yu, empress of Northern Wei (b. 488)source
  • Domangart Réti, king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland)source
  • Alaric II, king of the Visigothssource