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Calendar year

This article is about the year 503.     For other uses, see [503 (disambiguation)](/source/503_(disambiguation)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 5th century 6th century 7th century Decades 480s 490s 500s 510s 520s Years 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 v t e

503 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e

503 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 503 DIII Ab urbe condita 1256 Assyrian calendar 5253 Balinese saka calendar 424–425 Bengali calendar −91 – −90 Berber calendar 1453 Buddhist calendar 1047 Burmese calendar −135 Byzantine calendar 6011–6012 Chinese calendar 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3200 or 2993 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3201 or 2994 Coptic calendar 219–220 Discordian calendar 1669 Ethiopian calendar 495–496 Hebrew calendar 4263–4264 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 559–560 - Shaka Samvat 424–425 - Kali Yuga 3603–3604 Holocene calendar 10503 Iranian calendar 119 BP – 118 BP Islamic calendar 123 BH – 122 BH Javanese calendar 389–390 Julian calendar 503 DIII Korean calendar 2836 Minguo calendar 1409 before ROC 民前1409年 Nanakshahi calendar −965 Seleucid era 814/815 AG Thai solar calendar 1045–1046 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Water-Horse) 629 or 248 or −524 — to — ཆུ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Water-Sheep) 630 or 249 or −523

Year **503** (**[DIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Wednesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Wednesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Volusianus and Dexicrates** (or, less frequently, **year 1256 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 503 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### Byzantine Empire

- [War with Sassanid Persia](/source/Anastasian_War): Emperor [Anastasius I](/source/Anastasius_I_(emperor)) sends a Byzantine army (52,000 men) to [Armenia](/source/Lesser_Armenia), but is defeated. The Romans attempt an unsuccessful [siege](/source/Siege) of the [Persian](/source/Iran)-held city [Amida](/source/Amida_(Mesopotamia)), on the [Tigris](/source/Tigris). King [Kavadh I](/source/Kavadh_I) invades [Osroene](/source/Osroene), and lays siege to the city of [Edessa](/source/Edessa) (Northern [Mesopotamia](/source/Mesopotamia)).[1]

- [May](/source/May) – [Areobindus](/source/Areobindus_Dagalaiphus_Areobindus), Byzantine general (*[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)*), is stationed as commander at [Dara](/source/Dara_(Mesopotamia)), with an army of 12,000 men to keep watch at the Persian stronghold of [Nisibis](/source/Nusaybin) (modern [Turkey](/source/Turkey)).

### Palestine

- [Mundhir III](/source/Al-Mundhir_III_ibn_al-Nu'man), king of the [Lakhmids](/source/Lakhmids) ([Arab Christians](/source/Arab_Christians)), raids [Palaestina Salutaris](/source/Palestine_(region)) and [Arabia Petraea](/source/Arabia_Petraea). He captures a large number of Romans.[2]

### Europe

- King [Ernakh](/source/Ernakh), third son of [Attila the Hun](/source/Attila), dies after a 34-year reign. He is succeeded by his two sons ([Utigur](/source/Utigur) and [Kutrigur](/source/Kutrigurs)), who share the power with the unified [Bulgars](/source/Bulgars).[3]

## Births

- [October 17](/source/October_17) – [Lý Nam Đế](/source/L%C3%BD_Nam_%C4%90%E1%BA%BF), first emperor of [Vietnam](/source/History_of_Vietnam) (d. [548](/source/548))

- [December 2](/source/December_2) – Xiao Gang, later [Emperor Jianwen of Liang](/source/Emperor_Jianwen_of_Liang), emperor of the Chinese [Liang dynasty](/source/Liang_dynasty) (killed [551](/source/551))

- Chen Baxian, later [Emperor Wu of Chen](/source/Emperor_Wu_of_Chen), first emperor of the Chinese [Chen dynasty](/source/Chen_dynasty) (d. [559](/source/559))

## Deaths

- [Ernakh](/source/Ernakh), king of the [Huns](/source/Huns)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Greatrex & Lieu 2002](#CITEREFGreatrexLieu2002), pp. 69–71

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** John Binns, *Ascetics and ambassadors of Christ: the monasteries of Palestine*, 314-631. p.113; Frank R. Trombley, J. W. Watt, *The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite* (the margin) p.108; Cyril of Scythopolis, *Life of John the Hesychast*, p.211. 15-20

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Priscus_3-0)** Priscus. In *[Excerpta de legationibus](/source/Excerpta_de_legationibus)*. Ed. S. de Boor. Berolini, 1903, p. 586

**Bibliography**

- Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2002). [*The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zc8iAQAAIAAJ). New York, New York and London, United Kingdom: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-415-14687-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-14687-9).

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