Years: 498 499 500 501 - 502 - 503 504 505 506

Decades: 470s 480s 490s - 500s - 510s 520s 530s

Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Events

• End of the Qi Dynasty and beginning of the Liang Dynasty in southern China. Liang Wu Di succeeds Qi He Di .
• War breaks out between the Byzantine Empire and Persia.
• The Persian philosopher Mazdak declares private property to be the source of all evil.

Births

Deaths

• Narsai of Mealletha , Syrian poet