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| A group of Slavic <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6UbOtJcF8rQC&pg=PA195&dq=Becoming+Slav,+Becoming+Croat+Identity+Transformations+in+Post-Roman+dux++Sclavorum+Branimir&hl=en&ei=NJ9ETonFO8fYrQe7msHSAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat:] Identity Transformations in Post-Roman and and Early Medieval Dalmatia by Danijel Dzino (p.195-p.196) | | A group of Slavic <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6UbOtJcF8rQC&pg=PA195&dq=Becoming+Slav,+Becoming+Croat+Identity+Transformations+in+Post-Roman+dux++Sclavorum+Branimir&hl=en&ei=NJ9ETonFO8fYrQe7msHSAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat:] Identity Transformations in Post-Roman and and Early Medieval Dalmatia by Danijel Dzino (p.195-p.196) |
− | * "... region ruled by the dukes Mislav, Domagoj, Zdeslav, and Branimir, to whom is referred in the sources to as principes or duces Sclavorum."</ref> tribes invaded and then settled in the Dalmatian Hinterland (Roman Dalmatia). In the late 9th century within the '''Carolingian Empire''' (Franks) a new provence Dalmatian Ducatus was created. Later it became a independent kingdom which was called the [[Directory:Croatia|Kingdom of Croatia]] (925–1102 AD). | + | * "... region ruled by the dukes Mislav, Domagoj, Zdeslav, and Branimir, to whom is referred in the sources to as principes or duces Sclavorum."</ref> tribes invaded and then settled in the Dalmatian Hinterland (Roman Dalmatia). In the late 9th century within the '''Carolingian Empire''' (Franks) a new provence Dalmatian Ducatus was created. Later it became a independent kingdom which was called the [[Directory:Croatia|Kingdom of Croatia]] (925–1102 AD). The new ''Kingdom of Croatia'' was ruled by Slavic nobility from the Dalmatian hinterland. The kingdom was named after the ruling class, which at the time ruled a medieval multi-ethnic state. |
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− | The new ''Kingdom of Croatia'' was ruled by Slavic nobility from the Dalmatian hinterland. The kingdom was named after the ruling class, which at the time 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, Sklabenoi was written Sclaveni. Hrvat is a word of Sarmatian (Persian) origins. <ref>Note: The Sarmatian tribes have been referred to as being Persian in origin (modern: ''Iranian people'').</ref> 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 mainly a mix of Greek - Sarmatian population. |
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− | 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, Sklabenoi was written Sclaveni. Hrvat is a word of Sarmatian (Persian) origins. <ref>Note: The Sarmatian tribes have been referred to as being Persian in origin (modern: ''Iranian people'').</ref> 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. | |
| [[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).]] |
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