Drougoubitai

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The Drougoubitai, also Drogobitai or Dragobitai (

Veroia (in modern Greece
).

History

krites
(civil governor) of the Drougoubitai"

The 7th-century

Thessalonica. According to the Miracles, they were led by kings, and were tributary allies to the Byzantines.[1] The Miracles also record their participation in two unsuccessful attacks by Sclaveni coalitions on Thessalonica, in 617/618 and 677.[2]

By 879, a bishopric of Drougoubiteia (Δρουγουβιτεία),

Veroia, while in the 13th century, Demetrios Chomatenos mentions them as "ruling" all the land from Veroia up to Skopje.[5]

See also

  • List of Medieval Slavic tribes

References

  1. ^ Kazhdan (1991), p. 662
  2. ^ Curta (2001), pp. 108, 112
  3. ^ Kazhdan (1991), p. 663
  4. ^ Oikonomides (1972), p. 357
  5. ^ Nesbitt & Oikonomides (1991), p. 84

Sources

  • ISBN 9781139428880
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  • ISBN 978-0-521-81539-0
    .
  • ISBN 0-19-504652-8
    .
  • McGeer, Eric; Nesbitt, John;
    ISBN 0-88402-282-X
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  • Oikonomides, Nicolas (1972). Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (in French). Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
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