sixth century
Rome's slow collapse
The sixth century is the period from 501 to 600 CE (or AD), though in casual usage people often mean the 500s.
Century numbering runs one ahead of the hundreds digit—the sixth century covers the five hundreds, the nineteenth century the eighteen hundreds.
The Roman Empire fell in the sixth century.
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