505
Year 505 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodorus and Sabinianus. The denomination 505 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
- Emperor Anastasius I agrees to pay his share of the cost of defending the Caucasian Gates, against nomadic invasions from East Asia.
- Anastasius I decides to rebuild the village of Dara. He constructs a new strategic fortress to guard the frontier.
- The white Huns from the Caucasus invade the Persian Empire.
Europe
- The Colosseum in Rome suffers damage from an earthquake, as it did in 422.
- Lý Nguyên Khải, Jiaozhou's governor, rebels against the Liang dynasty, but is suppressed by Lý Tắc, a state official, and subsequently prosecuted.