* [http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/history/european-history-450-1000/making-slavs-history-and-archaeology-lower-danube-region-c500700 The Making of the Slavs History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500–700:] Part of Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series AUTHOR: Florin Curta, DATE PUBLISHED: May 2007.</ref> states that the Slavs of medieval Southern Dalmatia were identified upon arrival as neither Croatians <ref>'''Note''': Recent DNA studies have stated that more than three quarters of today's Croatian men are the descendants of Europeans who inhabited Europe 13 000-20 000 years ago. The first primary source (factual-that its authenticity isn't disputed) to mention the Croatian-Hrvat identity in the Balkans was '''Duke Branimir''' (Latin:'' "Branimiro comite dux cruatorum cogitavit"'' c. 880 AD). Branimir was a Slav from Dalmatia.</ref> or Serbs. The newcomers to Roman Dalmatia were called Slavs by the Greco-Roman community. This term was first used by the Byzantines and was written in the 6th century in Byzantine Greek. | * [http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/history/european-history-450-1000/making-slavs-history-and-archaeology-lower-danube-region-c500700 The Making of the Slavs History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500–700:] Part of Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series AUTHOR: Florin Curta, DATE PUBLISHED: May 2007.</ref> states that the Slavs of medieval Southern Dalmatia were identified upon arrival as neither Croatians <ref>'''Note''': Recent DNA studies have stated that more than three quarters of today's Croatian men are the descendants of Europeans who inhabited Europe 13 000-20 000 years ago. The first primary source (factual-that its authenticity isn't disputed) to mention the Croatian-Hrvat identity in the Balkans was '''Duke Branimir''' (Latin:'' "Branimiro comite dux cruatorum cogitavit"'' c. 880 AD). Branimir was a Slav from Dalmatia.</ref> or Serbs. The newcomers to Roman Dalmatia were called Slavs by the Greco-Roman community. This term was first used by the Byzantines and was written in the 6th century in Byzantine Greek. |