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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628]]:
** The Levantine cities of [[Caesarea Maritima]], [[Arsuf]], and [[Tiberias]] surrender on terms to the Sasanians.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crawford |first1=Peter |title=The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam |date=2013 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=9781473828650 |pages=41–43 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem]]: A Persian–Judaean army (26,000 men) commanded by [[Shahrbaraz]] captures and sacks [[Jerusalem]], after a 20-day [[siege]] against the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Somewhere between 57,000 and 66,500 citizens are slain; another 35,000 are enslaved, including the Patriarch [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem#Patriarchs of Jerusalem|Zacharias]]. Many churches in the city (including the "Church of the Resurrection" or [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|Holy Sepulchre]]) are burned, and numerous [[relic]]s, including the [[True Cross]], the [[Holy Lance]], and the [[Holy Sponge]], are carried off to the Persian capital [[Ctesiphon]]. 
* The Persians destroy the [[Ghassanids|Ghassanid]] Kingdom ([[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]]), a [[vassal state]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[October 18]] &ndash; King [[Chlothar II]] promulgates the [[Edict of Paris]] (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish [[Magna Carta]] that defends the rights of the [[Franks|Frankish]] nobles and the church, and regulates the appointment of [[count]]s (secular officials in charge of [[Court|law courts]], collecting [[tax]]es, and assembling contingents for the army), while it [[Antisemitism|excludes Jews]] from all civil employment in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>Alan Harding, "Medieval Law and the Foundations of the State", (Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 14</ref><ref>S. Wise Bauer, "The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade", W.W. Norton & Company, 2010), p. 251</ref>
* The [[Diocletian's Palace|Palace of Diocletian]] in [[Split, Croatia|Split]] ([[Croatia]]) is damaged by the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], who sack the nearby city of [[Salona]]. The population flees to the walled palace, which is able to hold out.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=34}}

==== Britain ====
* [[Battle of Bampton]]: King [[Cynegils of Wessex]] defeats the invading [[Britons (Celtic people)|Britons]] in [[Dumnonia]] (modern [[Devon]]). They use the [[Roman roads|Roman road]] eastward from [[Exeter]] to [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]], and are intercepted by the [[Wessex|West Saxons]] marching south.<ref>John Morris (1995) "The Age of Arthur", p. 307. {{ISBN|1-84212-477-3}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Sudarium of Oviedo]] is taken from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], after the invasion of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid Persians]].
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==== Other ====
* First year that didn't happen, according to the [[phantom time hypothesis]].