Decades: 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s - 490s - 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s
Years: 491 492 493 494 495 - 496 - 497 498 499 500 501
Events Battle of Tolbiac; Clovis I accepts Catholic baptism at Reims. Pope Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I. Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts led by Arthur defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (the battle may have taken place in AD 500) The ruling Tuoba family in the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty change their family name to Yuan. Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I has Euphemius Patriarch of Constantinople deposed, and Macedonius II appointed as his successor. Euphemius is sent into exile. Births Deaths Gunthamund, king of the Vandals #redirect