19 magg 608 anni - Battle of Thessaloniki

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Flush with Avars victories in Italy, they turned their attention back toward the Romans, and invaded Rome again in 608. With the Bulgars and Slavs turned their arms against the Avars, the Rome army destroy the Avars army near Thessaloniki; thousands of Avars people, and dozens of Avar nobles and even the Avar khan was captured, according to the most possible explanation, the Khan was then been publicly executed and had his body thrown into the Hellespont, and others were sold into slavery. This battle had secured the Rome border of Danube for another century and lead to the decline of the Avar Khaganate.

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