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Years: 500Events Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510) Note: This battle may have influen 501Events Qi He Di succeeds Qo Dong Hun Hou as ruler of the Chinese Qi Dynasty Pope Symmachus is accused of various crimes, but claims that the secular rulers have no authority over him. Domangart I becomes king of Dalriada. Muryeong becomes king of Baekje. 502Events 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 prophet Mazdak, declares private property to be the source of all evil. Births De 503Events Start of the Persian-Roman wars that would last until 557. A peace would later be negotiated in 567. Births Deaths 503. 504Events Theodoric the Great defeats the Gepids. The Ostrogoths sack Belgrade. Births Deaths 504. 505Events Births Belisarius, Byzantine general (+ 565) Deaths 505. 506Events Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo. Dara in Syria is fortified by Byzantine emperor Anastasius I as a frontier against Persia. The Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman law, is compiled. Births Deaths 506. 507Events Battle of Vouille: Clovis I defeats the Visigoths near Poitiers, ends Visigothic power in Gaul. Gesalec succeeds his father Alaric II as king of the Visigoths. Comgall becomes king of Dalriada. The town of Guilin, China, is renamed Guizhou. Births 508 509 510

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• 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