500

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

Years: 495 496 497 498 499 - 500 - 501 502 503 504 505

• 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 496)

• Procopius, historian (approximate date)