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  • Tauresium, Dardania, Byzantine Empire (Present Day Tauresium, Dardania, North Macedonia)
    518
    Justinian I

    Justin was proclaimed the new emperor

    Tauresium, Dardania, Byzantine Empire (Present Day Tauresium, Dardania, North Macedonia)
    518

    Emperor Anastasius died in 518, without having any heir, Justin was made the emperor.



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  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    518
    Byzantine Empire

    Anastasius died

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    518

    The State Treasury contained the enormous sum of 320,000 lb (150,000 kg) of gold when Anastasius died in 518.



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  • Byzantine Empire
    518
    Byzantine Empire

    Justin I

    Byzantine Empire
    518

    The Justinian dynasty was founded by Justin I, who though illiterate, rose through the ranks of the military to become Emperor in 518.



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  • Zhou (Present-Day Luoyang)
    518 BC
    Ancient China

    Zhending of Zhou

    Zhou (Present-Day Luoyang)
    518 BC

    King Zhending of Zhou became king of the Zhou dynasty.



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