Decades: 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s - 490s - 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s

Years: 488 489 490 491 492 - 493 - 494 495 496 497 498

Events

• February 25 - Odoacer agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric, and is later killed by him personally

Deaths

• March 15 - Odoacer, King of Italy
• Qi Wu Di, ruler of the Chinese Qi Dynasty\n