Editing 572 (section)

===By place===
====Byzantine Empire====
*[[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591]]: Emperor [[Justin II]] refuses to pay the annual [[tribute]] to [[Khosrau I]], putting an end to the 50-year [[peace treaty]] established ten years earlier. The [[Armenia]]ns are considered allies to the [[Byzantine Empire]], and Justin sends a [[Byzantine army]] into [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] territory, besieging the fortress city of [[Nusaybin|Nisibis]] (modern [[Turkey]]).<ref name="ancient">{{cite book|last=Frye|first=Richard N.|title=The History of Ancient Iran|year=1983}}</ref>

====Europe====
*[[Siege of Pavia (569–572)]]: King [[Alboin]] captures [[Ticinum]] ([[Pavia]]); after a [[siege]] the [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantine]] garrison surrenders to the [[Lombards]]. The city is of strategic importance, lying at the rivers [[Po (river)|Po]] and [[Ticino (river)|Ticino]], and becomes the capital of the [[Kingdom of the Lombards]].
*[[June 28]] &ndash; [[Alboin]], king of the [[Lombards]], is murdered at [[Verona]] in his palace, at the instigation of his wife [[Rosamund (Gepid)|Rosamund]] (daughter of the [[Gepids|Gepid]] king [[Cunimund]]), and her henchman, [[Helmechis]] (the king's [[squire]]); both flee to seek Byzantine protection in [[Ravenna]]. [[Alboin]] is succeeded as king by [[Cleph]], who is not related by [[Royal family|blood]].

====Britain====
*[[Theodric of Bernicia|Theodric]] succeeds his brother [[Æthelric of Bernicia|Æthelric]] as king of [[Bernicia]] ([[Scottish Borders|southeastern]] [[Scotland]]). He rules until [[579]].

====Asia====
*[[Taspar Qaghan]] succeeds his brother [[Muqan Qaghan]] as ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Khaganate]] ([[Central Asia]]). 
*[[Emperor Bidatsu|Bidatsu]] succeeds his father [[Emperor Kinmei|Kinmei]] and ascends to the [[throne]] of [[Japan]] as the [[List of Emperors of Japan|30th emperor]].

====Mesoamerica====
*[[Calakmul]] defeats [[Tikal]], bringing an end to the [[First Tikal-Calakmul War]].</onlyinclude>