Near East in 480 AD. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1, and ended on December 31, 1000, of the Julian calendar. A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends 451 The battle of Avarayr 451, The Huns and the Ostrogoths facing the Romans Events and Trends Aspar becomes Magister militum and de facto ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. Events and Trends 476 — Abdication of Romulus Augustus — fall of the Western Roman empire. Events and Trends Possible timing of King Arthur 's victory over the Saxons. Events and Trends Possible timing of King Arthur 's victory over the Saxons 512 — Roman ( Byzantine) Emperor Anastasius Events By Place Europe Odoacer defeats an attempt by Julius Nepos to recapture Italy, and has Julius killed Events By Place Europe Clovis I becomes king of the Western Franks upon the death of Childeric I (or 482 Events By Place Byzantine Empire Byzantine emperor Zeno I issues the Henotikon, an attempt to reconcile Events By Place Byzantine Empire Due to Zeno I 's Monophysite sympathies general Illus and Verina, mother-in-law Events By Place Europe December 28 — Alaric II succeeds Euric as king of the Visigoths. Events By Place Europe Aelle of Sussex fights the "Welsh" at the stream of Mearcread For the processor see Intel 80486. Events By Place Europe Roman rule in Gaul ends with the defeat at Soissons For the processor see Intel 80487. Events Births Xiao Baoyin Events By Place Europe Theodoric the Great becomes king of the Ostrogoths. Events By place Europe Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, continues his invasion of Italy with the approval of Byzantine

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• 481 — Clovis I becomes king of the Franks upon the death of Childeric I (or 482)
• 481 — Baekje, Silla, and Daegaya form an alliance against Goguryeo. Clovis I (c 466 &ndash 27 November 511) was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group Childeric I (c 440– c 481 was the Merovingian king of the Salian Franks from 457 until his death and the father of Clovis. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Byzantine emperor Zeno I issues the Henotikon, an attempt to reconcile Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Daegaya was a city-state in the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and
• 488 — Theodoric the Great becomes king of the Ostrogoths. Theodoric the Great (454 – August 30, 526) known to the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoths (471-526 ruler of The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi or Austrogothi were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in the political events of the late
• 488 — Kavadh I succeeds Balash in Persia. Kavadh I (b 449 r 488&ndash531 also spelled Kaveh, Kavad) son of Peroz I (457&ndash484 was the nineteenth Sassanid King of Persia from Balash (in the Greek authors Balas; the later form of the name Vologases) the eighteenth Sassanid King of Persia in 484 &ndash For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.