500s
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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century
Decades: 450s - 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s
Years: 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510
Events and Trends:
- Clovis I, king of the Franks, defeats the Visigoths at the battle of Vouille in 507, decisively forcing the Visigoths into Spain, and securing supremacy over Gaul
- 506 - Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo.
- 506 - Dara in Syria is fortified by Byzantine emperor Anastasius I as a frontier against Persia.
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