Editing 508

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[[File:Plan de Paris Lutece2 BNF07710745.png|thumb|259px|Map of [[Lutetia]] (18th century rendition)]] 
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Year '''508''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Basilius Venantius|Venantius]] and [[Celer (magister officiorum)|Celer]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1261 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 508 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 ====
* Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] formally recognizes [[Clovis I]] of the [[Salian Franks]] as ruler of [[Gaul]]. He sends a [[Byzantine navy|Byzantine fleet]] of 100 warships to raid the coasts of [[Italy]].<ref>{{harvnb|Pryor|Jeffreys|2006|p=13}}</ref>

==== Britannia ====
* Battle of [[Netley Marsh|Netley]]: King [[Cerdic of Wessex]] moves with an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] army inland, and defeats the British king, [[Natanleod|Nudd-Lludd]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/localpages/south-west/southampton/netley-marsh.htm |title=Hampshire County Council |access-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313145707/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/localpages/south-west/southampton/netley-marsh.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Winter &ndash; All the rivers in [[England]] are frozen for more than two months.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J.M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Clovis I]] fails in an effort to take the walled city of [[Carcassonne]] (Southern Gaul). He establishes [[Paris]] (''[[Lutetia]]'') as his capital and gets baptized, making [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] the official religion of the [[Francia|Kingdom of the Franks]].
* King [[Theodoric the Great]] sends an [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogoth]] army, led by his sword-bearer [[Theudis]], drives the [[Franks]] out of [[Provence]], and recovers [[Septimania]] ([[Languedoc]]) from the [[Visigoths]].  
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== Births ==
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Emperor Yuan of Liang|Yuan Di]], emperor of the [[Liang Dynasty]] (d. [[555]])
* [[Xiao Ji]], prince of the Liang Dynasty (d. [[553]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Geraint]], king of [[Dumnonia]] (approximate date)
*[[Natanleod]], king of [[Wales]]
* [[Yuan Xie]], prince of the [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei Dynasty]]
* [[Yujiulü Futu]], ruler (''khan'') of the [[Rouran Khaganate|Rouran]] ([[Mongolia]])

== References ==
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;Bibliography
*{{cite book
 | first1 = John H.
 | last1 = Pryor
 | last2= Jeffreys
 | first2 = Elizabeth M.
 | title = The Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ: The Byzantine Navy ca. 500–1204
 | publisher = Brill Academic Publishers
 | year = 2006
 | isbn = 978-90-04-15197-0
 }}

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