502

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

Decades: 450s - 460s - 470s - 480s - 490s - 500s - 510s - 520s - 530s - 540s - 550s

Years: 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507

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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.

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