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Year '''574''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 574 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[December 7]] &ndash; Emperor [[Justin II]] retires due to recurring seizures of [[insanity]]; he abdicates the [[throne]] in favour of his general [[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius]]. Justin proclaims him ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'' and adopts him as his own son.<ref>[http://www.brittanica: Tiberius II Constantine]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Empress [[Sophia (empress)|Sophia]] and Tiberius agree to a one year truce with the [[Persian people|Persians]], at the cost of 45,000 ''[[Solidus (coin)|solidi]]''. The truce applies only to the [[Mesopotamia]]n front; in the [[Caucasus]], war continues.<ref>{{harvnb|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|p=136}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Cleph]] is murdered after an 18-month reign by a [[Bodyguard|guard]], a slave who he has mistreated. For the next decade, the [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]] is governed by independent [[Lombard duchies|duchies]] ([[Rule of the Dukes]]).<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/346673/Lombard Lombard] (2008).</ref>
* The [[Visigoths]] under King [[Liuvigild]] invade [[Duchy of Cantabria|Cantabria]] (Northern [[Spain]]), and destroy the city of [[Amaya, Burgos|Amaya]] ([[Province of Burgos|Burgos]]). He massacres the inhabitants and adds the province to the [[Visigothic Kingdom]].
* [[Áedán mac Gabráin]] becomes [[List of kings of Dál Riata|king of Dál Riata]] ([[Scotland]]) (approximate Date).

==== Asia ====
* The [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] overthrows the [[Kingdom of Aksum|Axumite]]- and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]-affiliated regimes in [[Yemen]] ([[Arabian Peninsula]]).<ref name="The Oxford Dictionary of Islam">Esposito (2003). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam'', {{ISBN|0-19-512558-4}}.</ref>

==== Unidentified ====
* A major [[volcanic eruption]] occurs in the Antarctic.<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Connor|title=Our explosive past is written in the Antarctic ice|newspaper=[[i (British newspaper)|i]]|location=London|date=2014-07-07|page=17}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Pope John III]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 13-year reign, until June of next year the [[Holy See]] becomes ''[[sede vacante]]''.
* [[Marius Aventicensis]] is made [[bishop]] of ''[[Aventicum]]'' (modern [[Avenches]]).
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== Births ==
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Prince Shōtoku|Shōtoku]], prince and [[Regency|regent]] of [[Japan]] (d. [[622]])
* [[Xiao Yu]], prince of the [[Liang Dynasty]] (d. [[647]])

== Deaths ==
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Pope John III]]
* [[Cleph]], king of the [[Lombards]] (or [[575]])
* [[Conall mac Comgaill]], king of [[Dál Riata]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Connolly |editor1-first=S. J. |title=The Oxford companion to Irish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199691869 |page=5 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
* [[Empress Dowager Chinu|Xuan]], empress of [[Northern Zhou]]
* [[Queen Jiso]]

== References ==
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*{{cite book|last1=Greatrex|first1=Geoffrey|last2=Lieu|first2=Samuel N. C.|title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (Part II, 363–630 AD)|location=New York, New York and London, United Kingdom|publisher=Routledge (Taylor & Francis)|year=2002|isbn=0-415-14687-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc8iAQAAIAAJ}}

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