600s | dn1=610s | dn2=620s | dn3=630s}} Events By Place Byzantine Empire Maurice, at war with the Avars and always dealing with the lack of money, decrees that the army should stay for winter beyond the Danube, which proves to be a serious mistake. The exhausted troops mutiny against the Emperor. Phocas kills Maurice and declares himself emperor. A series of wars begin between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire. Births Li Chunfeng Liu Rengui Mu'awiyah, founder of the Umayyad Dyn… (More on 602)