Jointly with the Antes, another Slavic group, they conducted intrusions south of the Danube and Sava rivers into the Balkans, and the territory of the Byzantine Empire ruled by Justinian I (527-565), who almost revived the Roman Empire.
Sclaveni raided and settled the western Balkans in the 6th and 7th century. Dervan is considered to be the father or, more likely, brother of the nameless prince who led the White Serbs into the Balkans. 631, who may be the first Serb mentioned by name in history. Frankish Chronicle of Fredegar mentions Dervan, chieftain of the Serbs, in c. One remained in White Serbia, while the other group migrated to the Balkans. Īfter a death of the Serbian prince, his two sons took over the rule and divided White Serbs in two groups. Historiography can't pinpoint for sure where that is, but the general consensus is that it was around the region of Bohemia ( Boihaemum = Bojka) and Saxony. ĭe Administrando Imperio ("On the Governance of the Empire", DAI), compiled by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, mentions that the White Serbs relocated from the land of Bojka, also called the White Serbia. By this time, the Slavs already settled in the wide areas of central and eastern Europe, reaching lower and central Danube regions and invading Byzantine territories from Thrace, throughout Illyricum, up to Pannonia and Dalmatia. In the 6th century, Byzantine author Procopius and Gothic historian Jordanes mention them as Sclaveni. The Slavs in general were mentioned by the Roman historians Tacitus and Pliny the Elder and by Claudius Ptolemy, under the name Veneti in the 1st and 2nd century AD. Introduction Background Īpproximate location of South Slavic tribes, per V.
3.2 Vukanović dynasty in inner Serbia (Raška).
3.1 Vojislavljević dynasty in Duklja and inner Serbia (Raška).2.3.2 Early Medieval Principality of Serbia.2.1 De Administrando Imperio on the Serbs.