__NOTOC__ Year 510 (Roman numerals, DX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Boethius, Severinus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1263 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 510 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

By place

Britannia

* Geraint son of Erbin, Battle of Llongborth (possibly Langport or Portsmouth): King Budic II of Brittany seeks refuge at the court of Aergol Lawhir, in Dyfed (Wales) after the battle.

Europe

* King Theodoric the Great raises the Franks, Frankish siege at Arles; the city is heroically defended by its inhabitants, assisted by the Ostrogothic general Theudis. The Ostrogoths overrun Provence (Southern Gaul), and consolidate their gains in the region. * Theodoric the Great appoints his friend Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, to the rank of consul of the Ostrogothic Kingdom.

Persian Empire

* The Sasanian Empire, Sasanian Persians conquer the independent kingdom of Caucasian Albania, a state converted to Christianity in the 4th century by Armenian Missionary, missionaries (approximate date).

Births

* Aredius, abbot and saint (approximate date) * Gildas, Celtic Christianity, Celtic monk (approximate date) * Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, Xiao Ming Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 528) * Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, Xiao Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 535) * Empress Yifu, Yifu, empress of Western Wei (d. 540)

Deaths

* January 1 – Eugendus, abbot of Condat Abbey * Drest Gurthinmoch, Drest II, king of the Picts (approximate date) * Hashim, great-grandfather of Muhammad (approximate date) * Tato, king of the Lombards (approximate date)

References

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