506

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	5th century 6th century 7th century
Decades:	480s 490s 500s 510s 520s
Years:	503 504 505 506 507 508 509

506 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	506 DVI
Ab urbe condita	1259
Assyrian calendar	5256
Balinese saka calendar	427–428
Bengali calendar	−87
Berber calendar	1456
Buddhist calendar	1050
Burmese calendar	−132
Byzantine calendar	6014–6015
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3203 or 2996     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3204 or 2997
Coptic calendar	222–223
Discordian calendar	1672
Ethiopian calendar	498–499
Hebrew calendar	4266–4267
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	562–563
- Shaka Samvat	427–428
- Kali Yuga	3606–3607
Holocene calendar	10506
Iranian calendar	116 BP – 115 BP
Islamic calendar	120 BH – 119 BH
Javanese calendar	392–393
Julian calendar	506 DVI
Korean calendar	2839
Minguo calendar	1406 before ROC 民前1406年
Nanakshahi calendar	−962
Seleucid era	817/818 AG
Thai solar calendar	1048–1049
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 632 or 251 or −521     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 633 or 252 or −520

Year 506 (DVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messala and Dagalaiphus (or, less frequently, year 1259 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 506 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• The Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo.
• The city of Dara in Mesopotamia is fortified by emperor Anastasius I as a frontier against Persia.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman law, is compiled.

Religion

• September 10—The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

Births

• Sanghapala, Mon-Khmer monk (d. 518)
• Wei Shou
• Empress Zhang Yao'er