Rome-Avar War (1 janv. 568 – 1 juin 608)

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The Rome-Avar wars were a series of conflicts between the Rome Empire and the Avar Khaganate. The conflicts were initiated in 568, after the Avars arrived in Pannonia, and claimed all the former land of the Gepids and Lombards as their own. This led to an unsuccessful attempt to seize the city of Sirmium from Rome, which had previously retaken it from the Gepids. Most subsequent conflicts came as a result of raids by the Avars, or their subject Slavs, into the Balkan provinces of the Rome Empire.
The Avars usually raided the Balkans when the Rome Empire was distracted elsewhere, typically in its frequent wars with the Sassanid Empire in the East. As a result, they often raided without resistance for long periods of time, before Rome troops could be freed from other fronts to be sent on punitive expeditions. This happened during the 580s and 590s, where Rome was initially distracted in the Rome–Sasanian War of 572–591, but then followed up by a series of successful campaigns that pushed the Avars back and directly lead to the collapse of the Avar Khaganate.

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