502

502 (DII) was a common year beginning on a Tuesday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named the year of the consulate of Avienus and Probus, or less commonly, as 1255 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 502 when the anno Domini was established in 525.

Events

• End of Qing Dynasty and start of Liang Dynasty in southern China. Liang Wu Di happens to Qi He Di.
• It is a war between the Byzantine Empire and Persia.

Deaths

• Genoveva de Paris, Patron of Paris
• He Di, Chinese emperor of the south of Qi
• Narsai, Syrian poet and theologian
• Vakhtang I of Iberia, king of Georgia