508

508 (DVIII) was a leap year beginning on a Tuesday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named the year of the consulate of Venantius and Céler, or less commonly, as 1261 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 508 when the anno Domini was established in 525.

Events

• Clodoveo I establishes Paris (Lutetia...as your capital.
• Theodorico the Great, king of Italy, sends an ostrogote army to the command of General Ibba to defend the heritage of his grandson the Visigothic king Amalarico. Ibba recovers from the hands of the Narbona and Carcassonne francs, where the Visigoth royal treasure is found, seizing it. Francos and borgoñones sitian Arlés.