* The isle of Sicilia became a bone to be gnawed and fought over by three kingdoms. First, Theodoric the Ostrogoth ferried an army across the straits to conquer the island. He was met by one of the lieutenants of the Byzantine general Belisarius (who was in Constantinople, and had yet to set out to reconquer the West). The Ostrogoth nobles dashed themselves to no avail against the spears of the Byzantines. In their retreat, they abandoned much of their camp and supplies to their pursuers. These came in good stead when a month later, Huneric and a Vandal horde landed in southern Sicily. The Byzantines marched to meet them in confidence, but were outflanked and swarmed over by the Vandal horsemen. So, far from expanding his western possessions, the Emperor Justinian lost lands.
* The Visigoths, tired of sharing the Spanish peninsula with the Suevi, launched a two-pronged invasion to wipe them out once and for all. In the plains of Gallaecia, the Suevian general Ricimer met Deodoric and his Visigothic army. Ricimer routed the Visigoths, driving them back across the border in great disarray. However, the Visigoth general Thordoric led the southern prong of the Visigothic assault on the Suevi. He crushed the Suevian general Leuardus, conquering the province of Lusitania for his people.
* Dagobert and a Frankish host probed into the hills of Viennensis, continuing their war with the Burgundians. Count Moras met the Franks in the Alpine foothills and hurled them back downhill. The Franks streamed homeward, disorganized.
* The Saxon tribes grew restive in their northern realm, and launched a pair of attacks on their neighbors. Lord Ulrich invaded the Thuringian lands of Arbor Neri where he was met by the warlord Gibal. The Saxons slaughtered the Thuringian warriors, seizing control of their villages and farm steads. Another Saxon army marched east into the forests of Baltica, where they were met by a Slav army. The Slavs cut them to pieces. The Saxon general Jurgen fled back into his province of Rhenus, where it would take him many months to regroup his army.
* To the southeast, the Bavarians were on the move, too. Descending from the hills, General Ragnoris led a Bavarian army against the Lombards in the plains of Pannonia. The armored, Lombard horsemen of the warleader Auduin chased them back across the border, though. In the plains of Valeria, the warbands of Theodoric the Bavarian, met a crueler fate. The Lombard general Ildigisal encircled them, then rode them down. Only remnants of Theodoric's Bavarians escaped back into their forests.
* Chosroes, chief general of the Sassanid King of Kings, led a Persian army out of the mountains down into the plains to conquer the Alans. Verazes, warleader of the Alan tribes, gathered his horsemen and rode to meet the Persians. In a fierce battle in the swirling dust, the Alans defeated the Persians. Chosroes retreated back into the mountains, where it will take him another season to reform his army.