500s
The 500s was a decade that began on 1 January 500 and ended on 31 December 509.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 5th century – 6th century – 7th century |
| Decades: | 470s 480s 490s – 500s – 510s 520s 530s |
| Years: | 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- 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
- 506 – Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo.
- 506 – Dara in Syria is fortified by Byzantine emperor Anastasius I as a frontier against Persia.