6th century
Post-Roman Empire era
The 6th century spans the years 501 to 600 CE.
Like other century designations, it runs one number ahead of intuition—the 500s are the 6th century, not the 5th.
The Byzantine Empire reached its height in the 6th century.
The period saw the fall of Rome's last remnants and the spread of Christianity across Europe.
- Migration PeriodPost-Roman tribal relocations era
- illuminated manuscriptsHand-adorned medieval book pages
- holy relicsVenerated items from saints
- Corpus Juris CivilisJustinian's Roman legal compilation
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
Byzantium · Mayan architecture · Constantinople · Byzantine Empire · monastic life · monastery · barbarian · fall of Rome · early medieval · abbey · monks · pilgrimage · Theodoric · Rome · Dark Ages · medieval · Arthur · plague
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Years 2001 to 2100
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