Calendar year
Boethius teaching his students (initial of 1385)
Year 522 (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 and 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.
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Europe
Arabia
Dhu Nuwas seizes the throne of the Himyarite Kingdom in Yemen . He attacks the Aksumite garrison at 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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