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Year '''522''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Symmachus (consul 522)|Symmachus]] and [[Boethius (consul 522)|Boethius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1275 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 522 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 ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Boethius|Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius]], Roman [[philosopher]], is arrested on charges of having conspired against [[Theodoric the Great]]. He is imprisoned at [[Pavia]] ([[Lombardy]]).
* [[Amalaric]], age 20, is proclaimed king of the [[Visigoths]]. His kingdom is threatened from the north by the [[Burgundians]].

==== Arabia ====
* [[Dhu Nuwas]] seizes the throne of the [[Himyarite Kingdom]] in [[Yemen]]. He attacks the [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksumite]] garrison at [[Zafar, Yemen|Zafar]], capturing the city and burning the churches. 
*Dhū Nuwas moves to [[Najran]], an Aksumite stronghold. After accepting the city's capitulation, he massacres the Christian inhabitants (some sources estimate a death toll up to 20,000). 
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== Births ==
* [[15 October]] &ndash; [[Colmán of Cloyne]], Irish monk (d. [[600]])
* [[Clodoald]], [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] prince (approximate date)
* [[Emperor Wen of Chen|Wen Di]], emperor of the [[Chen dynasty]] (d. [[566]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Eutharic]], son-in-law of [[Theodoric the Great]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barker |first=John W. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Justinian_and_the_Later_Roman_Empire/LiJljEXvwAoC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Justinian and the Later Roman Empire |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |year=1966 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |pages=148 |access-date=November 14, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Galan Erilich]], king of the [[Picts]] (approximate date)
* [[Liu Xie]], Chinese [[List of Chinese writers|writer]] (approximate date) (b. [[465]])

== References ==
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