493
| Years: 489 490 491 492 - 493 - 494 495 496 497 | |
| Decades: 460s 470s 480s - 490s - 500s 510s 520s | |
| Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century | |
Events
- February 25 - Odoacer agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great, and is later killed by him personally. Theodoric becomes king of the Ostrogoths and moves the capital to Ravenna.
- The Frankish king Clovis I marries the Burgundian princess Clotilde.
- Eastern Roman emperor Anastasius I defeats the revolt in Isauria.
Deaths
- March 15 - Odoacer, King of Italy
- Qi Wu Di, ruler of the Chinese Qi Dynasty