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=== By place === ==== Byzantine Empire ==== * [[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591|Byzantine–Sassanid War]]: A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expeditionary force under command of [[Justinian (magister militum per Orientem)|Justinian]] (''[[magister militum]]'') invades [[Caucasian Albania]], launching raids across the [[Caspian Sea]] against the [[Sassanid Empire|Persians]]. * Summer – [[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius]], Byzantine co-ruler (''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]''), establishes a [[naval base]] at [[Derbent]] on the Caspian Sea to construct a [[Byzantine fleet]] (approximate date). * Winter – [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] is appointed commander-in-chief of the [[Byzantine army]] in the East. He succeeds Justinian, despite complete lack of military experience. ==== Europe ==== * [[Battle of Deorham]]: The [[Anglo-Saxons]] under [[Ceawlin of Wessex]] invade the lower [[Severn Valley (England)|Severn Valley]], and defeat the British [[Celt]]s at [[Dyrham]] ([[South West England]]). After the battle, the Saxons occupy the three cities: [[Cirencester]], [[Gloucester]] and [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], bringing their advance to the [[Bristol Channel]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''). *[[Reccopolis]] (modern [[Zorita de los Canes]]) in [[Hispania]] is founded by King [[Liuvigild]], in honour of his son [[Reccared I|Reccared]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=GRIG|first=LUCY|date=2013-03-19|title=Cities in the 'long' Late Antiquity, 2000–2012 – a survey essay|journal=Urban History|volume=40|issue=3|pages=554–566|doi=10.1017/s0963926813000369|s2cid=144860106 |issn=0963-9268}}</ref> ==== Asia ==== * Winter – [[Northern Qi]], one of the [[Southern and Northern Dynasties|Northern Dynasties]], is conquered by [[Northern Zhou]] under Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou|Wu Di]]. He orders the last ruler ([[Gao Wei]]) and other members of the Gao [[clan]] to commit suicide. [[North China Plain|Northern China]], above the [[Yangtze River]], is once again brought under the control of a single power.<ref>Imperial Chinese Armies (p. 23). C.J. Peers, 1995. {{ISBN|978-1-85532-514-2}}</ref>
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