602

Byzantine Empire

 * , in warfare against the Avars and always dealing with the lack of money, decreed that army should stay for winter beyond the, which would prove to be a serious mistake. The exhausted troops mutinied against the Emperor. kills Maurice and declares himself emperor.
 * Beginning of a series of wars between the Byzantine Empire and the.

Births

 * , founder of the Dynasty of s (approximate date)
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