Kyiv

City · 482 CE · in Europe

Capital of Kievan Rus' (882–1240), Principality of Kiev (1056–1240), Ukrainian People's Republic (1919–1919).

Tournai (c. 481 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Franks (481–508).
Soissons (c. 476 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Soissons (476–486), Kingdom of Neustria (724–731).
Toulouse (c. 476 CE): Capital of Visigothic Kingdom (476–507), County of Toulouse (990–1249), Duchy of Aquitaine (990–1439).
Vallabhi (c. 476–1948 CE): Capital of Maitraka Dynasty (476–731).
Canterbury (c. 490 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kent (490–762).
Pavia (c. 500 CE): Capital of Ostrogothic Kingdom (500–553).
Chufut-Kale (500–1490 CE): Capital of Crimean Khanate (1450–1490).
Old Dongola (c. 500–1518 CE): Capital of Makuria (500–1414), Makuria Kingdom (1415–1518).
Barcelona (c. 507 CE): Capital of Visigothic Kingdom (507–542), Catalonia (1640–1641), Second Spanish Republic (1932–1938).
Jabiyah (c. 510–633 CE): Capital of Ghassanids (510–633).

Around the same time and place

Justinian I (482 CE – 565 CE): Byzantine emperor who reconquered Italy and North Africa, codified Roman law and built the Hagia Sophia.
Attila (c. 406 CE – 453 CE): Ruler of the Huns who led devastating invasions of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires from his base on the Hungarian plain.
Corpus Juris Civilis (529–534 CE): Codification of Roman law ordered by Justinian I, which later formed the basis of civil law in much of Europe.
Uplistsikhe (2,001 BCE – 740 CE): Capital of Principality of Iberia (682–740).
Nokalakevi (1,001 BCE – 700 CE): Capital of Lazica (63 BCE–545), Kingdom of Lazica (638–700).
Armaztsikhe (c. 63 BCE – c. 533 CE): Capital of Caucasian Iberia (63 BCE–533).