511

align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
507 508 509 510 - 511 - 512 513 514 515

align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
480s 490s 500s - 510s - 520s 530s 540s

align="center" | Centuries:
5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

Frankish kingdom split in four after the death of Clovis I; Childebert I becomes king of Paris, Clotaire I becomes king of Soissons, Chlodomer becomes king of Orlans, and Theuderic I becomes king of Reims and Austrasia.
On the death of their king Gesalec, Theodoric the Great assumes the regency of the Visigothic kingdom.
Macedonius II is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople, replaced by Timothy I.
There are riots in Antioch between supporters of Patriarch Flavian II and Byzantine emperor Anastasius I.