Editing 504

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[[File:Larger Southern Maya area v3.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|City of [[Copán]] during the [[Maya civilization]]]]
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Year '''504''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus|Nicomachus]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1257 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 504 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Anastasian War|War with Sassanid Persia]]: Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] gains the upper hand in [[Armenia (Roman province)|Armenia]], with the renewed [[Investment (military)|investment]] of [[Amida (Mesopotamia)|Amida]].
* King  [[Kavadh I]] hands over the fortress-city of Amida, and agrees to an [[armistice]] with the [[Byzantine Empire]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Theodoric the Great]] defeats the [[Gepids]], and drives them out of their homeland ([[Pannonia (Roman province)|Pannonia]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anastasi |first=Luciano |title=Medieval History – Theodoric the Great – Ostrogothic King |url=https://historymedieval.com/theodoric-the-great-king-of-the-ostrogoths/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The [[Ostrogoths]] sack [[Belgrade]], on the [[Danube]] and [[Sava]] rivers (modern [[Serbia]]).

==== Mesoamerica ====
* A major expansion of [[Copán]]'s ceremonial center, the [[Acropolis]] complex, is undertaken by [[B'alam Nehn]] ('''Waterlily Jaguar'''), the seventh ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the southeastern [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Theodoric the Great builds the [[Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo]], originally dedicated to '''Christ the Redeemer'''.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Muyal Jol]], ruler of [[Copan]]

== References ==
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