504

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under 504 (definition of terms ) .

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504
Eastern Roman troops continue the third siege of Amida .
504 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	496/497
Buddhist calendar	1047/48 (southern Buddhism); 1046/47 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	53rd (54th) cycle Year of the wood monkey甲申 ( at the beginning of the year water sheep 癸未)
Jewish calendar	4264/65 (September 24/25)
Coptic calendar	220/221
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MCCLVII (1257) Diocletian's era : 220/221 (turn of the year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 814/815 (April) Syria: 815/816 (October)
Spanish era	542
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	560/561 (turn of the year April)

Events

• The Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great defeat the Gepids and conquer Sirmium near the Sava estuary.
• Eastern Roman troops continue the third siege of Amida in the war against the Sassanid Empire .

Born

• around 504: Cybard von Angoulême , Frankish monk, priest and hermit († 581 )