     __notoc__ year 572 (dlxxii) was a leap year starting on friday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. the denomination 572 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 == === by place === ==== byzantine empire ==== * byzantineâsassanid war: emperor justin ii refuses to pay the annual tribute to khosrau i, putting an end to the 50-year peace treaty that is established ten years earlier. the armenians are considered allies to the byzantine empire and justin sends a byzantine army into persian territory, besieging the fortress city of nisibis (modern turkey).frye ancient iran ==== europe ==== * siege of pavia: king alboin captures ticinum (pavia), after a three-year siege the byzantine garrison surrenders to the lombards. the city is of strategic importance, lying at the rivers po and ticino, and becomes the capital of the kingdom of the lombards. * june 28 &ndash; alboin is murdered at verona in his palace at the instigation of his wife rosamund (daughter of the gepid king cunimund), and her henchman, helmechis (the king's squire), both flee to seek byzantine protection in ravenna. * alboin is succeeded by cleph, who is not related by blood, and becomes king of the lombards. ==== britain ==== * theodric succeeds his brother Ãthelric as king of bernicia (southeastern scotland). he rules from 572 to 579. ==== asia ==== * taspar qaghan succeeds his brother muqan qaghan as ruler (khagan) of the turkic khaganate (central asia). * bidatsu succeeds his father kimmei and ascends as 30th emperor the throne of japan. == births == * february 7 &ndash; shÅtoku, prince and regent of japan (d. 622) == deaths == * Ãthelric, king of bernicia (scotland) * june 28 &ndash; alboin, king of the lombards * corippus, byzantine epic poet (approximate date) * hulÃ¼ guang, general of northern qi (b. 515) * liuva i, king of the visigoths (or 571) * muqan qaghan, ruler of the gÃ¶ktÃ¼rks * waldrada, lombard pr
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