Conflicts and resolutions of the 6th century
17 battles, sieges, wars, revolts, crises, treaties and peace settlements, in date order.
Battles 11
Battle of VouilléBattle · 507The Battle of Vouillé was fought in 507 near Poitiers, in western France.
Battle of VézeronceBattle · 524The Battle of Vézeronce was fought on 25 June 524 near Vézeronce in the Dauphiné, France, between the Franks and the Burgundians.- Battle of Ad DecimumBattle · 533The Battle of Ad Decimum was fought on 13 September 533 at the tenth milestone south of Carthage, where the Byzantine general Belisarius defeated the Vandal army of…
- Battle of TricamarumBattle · 533The Battle of Tricamarum was fought in December 533 west of Carthage, where the Byzantine army of Belisarius defeated the Vandal king Gelimer and his brother Tzazon…
Battle of ShayuanBattle · 537The Battle of Shayuan was fought in 537 between the Eastern Wei under Gao Huan and the Western Wei under Yuwen Tai, near the Wei River in modern Shaanxi.
Battle of Mons LactariusBattle · 552 or 553The Battle of Mons Lactarius was fought near Mount Vesuvius in Campania in 552 or 553 between the Byzantine army of Narses and the last Ostrogothic king, Teia.
Battle of TaginaeBattle · 552The Battle of Taginae, also called Busta Gallorum, was fought in the Apennines of central Italy in the summer of 552.- Battle of Gwansan FortressBattle · 554The Battle of Gwansan Fortress was fought in 554 near present-day Okcheon in South Korea between Silla and an army of Baekje and its Gaya allies.
- Battle of GwansanseongBattle · 554The Battle of Gwansanseong was fought in 554 at the fortress of Gwansanseong, near modern Okcheon in Korea, between Baekje and Silla.
Battle of DyrhamBattle · 577The Battle of Deorham was fought in 577 at Dyrham, north of Bath in Gloucestershire.- Battle of Dún BolgBattle · 598The Battle of Dún Bolg was fought in Leinster in 598, when Brandub mac Echach, king of Leinster and of the Uí Chennselaig, defeated the Uí Néill high king Áed mac…
Sieges 1
Wars & campaigns 5
- Vandalic WarWar · 533–534The Vandalic War was fought in 533–534 between the Byzantine Empire of Justinian I and the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa.
Gothic War (535–554)War · 535–554The Gothic War was fought from 535 to 554 between the Byzantine Empire of Justinian I and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy.- Lazic WarWar · 541–562The Lazic War was fought from 541 to 562 between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire for control of Lazica, the kingdom of the Lazi on the eastern Black Sea…
- Göktürk–Sasanian destruction of the HephthalitesCampaign · c. 557 CEThe Göktürk–Sasanian destruction of the Hephthalites was a joint campaign around 557 CE that ended the Hephthalite empire in Central Asia.
- Sasanian conquest of YemenCampaign · c. 570–578 CEThe Sasanian conquest of Yemen was the campaign of c. 570–578 CE in which a Persian expeditionary force expelled the Aksumite-backed regime from South Arabia.