The Slavs invade the area around Thessaloniki, …
Years: 616 - 627
The Slavs invade the area around Thessaloniki, which they besiege unsuccessfully.
The city becomes an imperial Greek enclave surrounded by Slavic territory.
Urban life disappears and many towns in the Balkan Peninsula become villages.
Locations
People
Groups
- Achaea (Roman province)
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Macedonia, Diocese of
- Thrace, Diocese of
- Macedonia Salutaris, (Roman province)
- Macedonia, (East) Roman
- Slavs, South
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Avar Khaganate (Eurasian Avars)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
Topics
- Migration Period
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Byzantine-Avarian War of 603-626
- Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
