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The new ''Kingdom of Croatia'' 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'' 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>  

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 this can also apply to ethnic identity.

 

[[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).]]