Editing 508 (section)

== 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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