Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 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. Births Deaths\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.