496

496 (CDXCVI) was a leap year beginning on Monday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named that of Paulo's consulate without a colleague, or less commonly, as 1249 Ab Urbe condita, acquiring its name as 496 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Anastasio II happens to Gelasio I.
• The Frank King Clodoveo I becomes Catholicism.
• Incursions visigodas from Galia to Hispania. Burdunellus revolt in the Ebro Valley.
• Battle of Tolbiac, near Paris, between francs and alamanes, with the victory of the first.
• The alamanes become vassals of the ostrogods to ask for protection from frank attacks.

Deaths

• 21 November: Gelasio I, Pope.
• Burdunellus, Roman usurper.
• Guntamundo, king of vandals and alanos.