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==== Europe ====
* The [[Balkans]] are freely overrun by the [[Slavs]], who settle in large numbers in what is now [[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]], [[North Macedonia]] and parts of Greece. The western territories of modern-day [[Yugoslavia]] ([[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Dalmatia]]) suffer raids from the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], who settle in this region.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=34}}
* The Slavs under [[Chatzon]] attack in [[longboat]]s along the coasts of [[Thessaly]], western [[Anatolia]], and various Greek islands. They besiege the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city of [[Thessaloniki]] in a combined land and sea attack. The Slavs with their families encamp before the [[Walls of Thessaloniki|city walls]].{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=41}}
* The city of [[Epidaurum|Epidaurus]] (Dalmatia) is destroyed by the Avars and Slavic invaders. The [[Illyria]]n refugees flee to the nearby island [[Cavtat|Laus]], where they found [[Dubrovnik]] (Ragusa). The islands of [[Rab (island)|Rab]], [[Krk]] and [[Cres]] become major [[food]] suppliers for the surviving cities of the mainland.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=35}}
* [[Eleutherius (exarch)|Eleutherius]] succeeds [[John I (exarch)|John I]] as [[Exarchate of Ravenna|exarch of Ravenna]]. He persecutes those implicated in the murder of John and the judges of the State. After making a courtesy visit to [[Pope Adeodatus I]], Eleutherius captures [[Naples]] and kills the rebel leader [[John of Conza]].<ref>Raymond Davis (translator), "The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis)", first edition (Liverpool: University Press, 1989, p. 63</ref>