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 | | In alliance with the Avars, an Asiatic people who had invaded central Europe, Alboin defeated the Lombard’s' hereditary enemies, the Gepidae, a powerful enemy on his eastern frontier, he killed their new king Cunimund. |
 | | Justin II, was the Byzantine emperor from 565 to 578, nephew and successor to Justinian I. He allied himself with the Turks and resumed the wars with Persia. |
 | | During his reign Slavs and Avars attacked the empire, and Italy was invaded by the Lombard’s under Alboin. |
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