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The new ''Kingdom of Croatia'' (Regnum Chroatorum) was ruled by Slavic nobility from the Dalmatian hinterland. The kingdom was named after her ruling class, which in turn ruled a medieval multi-ethnic state. The term ''Slav'' was first used by the Byzantines-Eastern Roman Empire (i.e. Procopius-Byzantine scholar, Jordanes- 6th century Roman bureaucrat) and was recorded in the 6th century (cia. 550) in Greek (Σκλαβῖνοι-Sklabenoi). Later in [[Latin]] it was written Sclaveni.  

The new ''Kingdom of Croatia'' (Regnum Chroatorum) was ruled by Slavic nobility from the Dalmatian hinterland. The kingdom was named after her ruling class, which in turn ruled a medieval multi-ethnic state. The term ''Slav'' was first used by the Byzantines-Eastern Roman Empire (i.e. Procopius-Byzantine scholar, Jordanes- 6th century Roman bureaucrat) and was recorded in the 6th century (cia. 550) in Greek (Σκλαβῖνοι-Sklabenoi). Later in [[Latin]] it was written Sclaveni.  

Hrvat or ''Horoúathos'' are names of Sarmatian origins. In 1853 a Russian archaeologist Pavel Mikhailovich Leontjev discovered the Tanais Tablets. The Tanais Tablets mention three men: Horoúathos, Horoáthos, and Horóathos (Χορούαθ[ος], Χοροάθος, Χορόαθος). They are written in [[Greece|Greek]] and are from the 3rd century AD from the city of Tanais, today's Azov, Russia.  At that time the region had a mixed Greek - Sarmatian population.<ref>Note: The Sarmatian tribes have been referred to as being  Persian in origin (modern: ''Iranian people'').</ref> Radoslav Katicic a Croatian linguist (and a classical philologist, Indo-Europeanist, Slavist and Indologist) said that these are personal names and not national ones.<ref> [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Edm6Y5fDTZIJ:hrcak.srce.hr/file/35393+Χορούαθ%5Bος%5D,+Χοροάθος,+Χορόαθος&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgripbdhgQKsJ2lYYoKzGgb8IL443tai-onXZmQpWqi0BgUV2k7XDphPGLkrg9vsUuJuDA33oNos--Hdvk97rIB7XohsllJAB005pYwxhyU9dz_MW4qMJ8rhVgiomObnI9MpfKc&sig=AHIEtbQMR6JibFi1R8Osu3YuTtln0EKMfA Two Public Inscriptions from the Greek Colony of Tanais at the Mouth of the Don River on the Sea of Azov] by Ante Skegro (p.17)</ref> Furthermore it also could be said that these names are not related to any ethnic identity.

Hrvat or ''Horoúathos'' are names of Sarmatian origins. In 1853 a Russian archaeologist Pavel Mikhailovich Leontjev discovered the Tanais Tablets. The Tanais Tablets mention three men: Horoúathos, Horoáthos, and Horóathos (Χορούαθ[ος], Χοροάθος, Χορόαθος). They are written in [[Greece|Greek]] and are from the 3rd century AD from the city of Tanais, today's Azov, Russia.  At that time the region had a mixed Greek - Sarmatian population.<ref>Note: The Sarmatian tribes have been referred to as being  Persian in origin (modern: ''Iranian people'').</ref>  

[[File:422px-Horovathos.jpg|thumb|right|125px|'''Tanais Tablet''' B containing the word Χοροάθος (Horoáthos).]]

[[File:422px-Horovathos.jpg|thumb|right|125px|'''Tanais Tablet''' B containing the word Χοροάθος (Horoáthos).]]

From the information above ''one'' can conclude that we are dealing with contact between Slavic and Sarmatian tribes from the late antiquity. From a modern day perspective the Sarmatian historical footprint is non existent. All traces of these people have disappeared other than Slavic terms surrounding the word or name Hrvat which translates to English as Croat. The term Croat became fully established as a constructed Identity by the 19th century.  

From the information above ''one'' can conclude that we are dealing with contact between Slavic and Sarmatian tribes from the late antiquity. From a modern day perspective the Sarmatian historical footprint is non existent. All traces of these people have disappeared other than Slavic terms surrounding the word or name Hrvat which translates to English as Croat. Radoslav Katicic a Croatian linguist (and a classical philologist, Indo-Europeanist, Slavist and Indologist) said that these are personal names and not national ones.<ref> [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Edm6Y5fDTZIJ:hrcak.srce.hr/file/35393+Χορούαθ%5Bος%5D,+Χοροάθος,+Χορόαθος&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgripbdhgQKsJ2lYYoKzGgb8IL443tai-onXZmQpWqi0BgUV2k7XDphPGLkrg9vsUuJuDA33oNos--Hdvk97rIB7XohsllJAB005pYwxhyU9dz_MW4qMJ8rhVgiomObnI9MpfKc&sig=AHIEtbQMR6JibFi1R8Osu3YuTtln0EKMfA Two Public Inscriptions from the Greek Colony of Tanais at the Mouth of the Don River on the Sea of Azov] by Ante Skegro (p.17)</ref> Furthermore it also could be said that these names are not related to any ethnic identity. Historically the term Croat became fully established as a constructed Identity by the 19th century.  

'''Recent DNA Studies'''

'''Recent DNA Studies'''