A shekara ta 562 Avars ne ke iko da ƙananan kwarin Danube da tsaunin arewacin Bahar Maliya.^[19] A lokacin da suka isa yankin Balkan, Avars sun kafa rukunin mahayan dawakai kusan 20,000.^[20] Bayan Sarkin Rumawa Justinian na siye su, sai suka tura arewa maso yamma zuwa Jamus.Koyaya, 'yan adawar Faransa sun dakatar da fadada Avars a wannan hanyar.Neman filayen kiwo masu wadata, Avars da farko sun bukaci ƙasa a kudancin Danube a Bulgaria a yau, amma Rumawa sun ƙi, suna amfani da hulɗar su da Göktürks a matsayin barazana ga zalunci na Avar.^[21] Avars sun mayar da hankalinsu ga Basin Carpathian da kuma kariyar dabi'ar da ta ke bayarwa.^[22] Gepids ne suka mamaye Basin Carpathian.A cikin 567 Avars sun kulla kawance da Lombards - abokan gaba na Gepids - kuma tare sun lalata yawancin mulkin Gepid.Avars sai suka rinjayi Lombards su koma arewacinItaliya .