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Arrival of the Avars in Pannonia

Type Event Region Europe Time 567–568

Around 567 CE, after the Lombards migrated south to Italy, the Avar tribal confederation entered the Pannonian Plain (modern western Hungary and neig…

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  1. 568Pannonia · Central EuropeLombard king Alboin led his people south to Italy, creating a power vacuum in Pannonia that opened the way for the Avars to enter the region.
  2. 567–570Pannonian Plain · PannoniaAvar khagan Bayan led his people into Pannonia, conquered remaining Germanic and Slavic groups, and established a nomadic khanate with its capital in the middle Danube region.
  3. 570–580Middle Danube · Danube BasinThe Avars demanded tribute from Byzantium and clashed with the Frankish Kingdom, while absorbing Slavic vassals, becoming the most powerful nomadic polity in the middle Danube region.

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