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[[File:Gregory of Tours cour Napoleon Louvre.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gregory of Tours]] (c. 538–594)]]
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Year '''573''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DLXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 573 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 ====
* [[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591|Byzantine–Sassanid War]]: [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] forces under the command of King [[Khosrau I]] [[Siege of Dara (573)|capture]] the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] stronghold of [[Dara (Mesopotamia)|Dara]], after a six-month [[siege]]. Meanwhile, a smaller Persian army under [[Adarmahan]] advances from [[Babylon]] through the [[desert]], crosses the [[Euphrates|Euphrates River]] and ravages [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria]]. The cities of [[Apamea, Syria|Apamea]] and [[Antioch]]ia are plundered.<ref>{{harvnb|Greatrex|Lieu|2002|pp=146–149, 150}}</ref>
==== Europe ====
* King [[Sigibert I]] goes to war against his half brother [[Chilperic I]] of [[Neustria]] at the urging of his wife, [[Brunhilda of Austrasia|Brunhilda]]. He appeals to the [[Germans]] on the right bank of the [[Rhine]] for help, and they obligingly attack the environs of [[Paris]] and [[Chartres]].
* The [[Lombards]] again raid Southern [[Gaul]], but are defeated by the [[Franks]] under [[Mummolus]], ''[[Patrician (post-Roman Europe)|patricius]]'' and son of the [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Roman]] count of [[Auxerre]], and are driven out.
* King [[Cleph]] completes the Lombard conquest of [[Tuscany]] ([[Central Italy]]) and extends his [[dominion]] to the gates of [[Ravenna]].
* Sigibert I appoints [[Gregory of Tours|Gregory]] to succeed his mother's cousin, [[Eufronius]], as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours|bishop of Tours]] (approximate date).
==== Britain ====
* The [[Battle of Arfderydd]] is fought between [[Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio]] and the sons of Eliffer, Gwrgi and [[Peredur]]. The forces of Gwenddoleu are killed, and [[Myrddin Wyllt]] goes mad watching this defeat (according to the ''[[Annales Cambriae]]'').
=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope John III]] is forced by the Lombards to retire from [[Rome]], and takes up residence at the [[Catacombs]] along the [[Appian Way|Via Appia]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Abu Bakr]], Muslim [[Caliph]] (approximate date)
* [[Chen Yin (6th century)|Chen Yin]], [[crown prince]] of the [[Chen dynasty]]
* [[Dou Jiande]], general of the [[Sui dynasty]] (d. [[621]])
* [[Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou|Jing Di]], emperor of [[Northern Zhou]] (d. [[581]])
* [[Lupus of Sens]], French bishop (approximate date)
== Deaths ==
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Emilian of Cogolla]], [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberic]] saint (b. [[472]])
* [[Brendan of Birr]], Irish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio]], Brythonic king
* [[Narses]], Byzantine general (b. [[478]])
* [[Wang Lin (general)|Wang Lin]], Chinese general (b. [[526]])
== 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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