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VII. Macedonia in the 6th c. A.D.
ca 510 | Barbarian tribes (Slaves, Antae, Buigars,Kutrigurs) invade Macedonia from the North.
| 527 | Justinian is crowned emperor.During his reign the Byzantine Empire comprises most of the Mediterranean.
| ca 540 | The Huns invade Macedonia,and make an unsuccessful attempt to seize Thessaloniki; they destroy Cassandria in Chalcidice.
| 558-9 | The Kutrigurs pillage Macedonia.
| 586 | The Avaro-Slavs repeatedly invade Macedonia.
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