Narentines

Pagania (Eng. also Paganien ) called Constantine Porphyrogenitus a strip of land on the Adriatic coast. The designation indicates that the inhabitants - the Slavic tribe of the Narentaner - to Constantine's times were still pagans. Probably in the 11th century the continental Paganien was absorbed by neighboring Zahumlje, while the islands came under Venetian rule.

Constantine Porphyrogenitus 's work De administrando According Imperio Paganier the Serbs. However, they did not take in contrast to the latter to the Christian baptism, hence the name Paganien. The term Arentani ( Narentaner ) to have been a Roman name. Medieval writers translated " Serbs " but often with the Slavs as a whole the same as Slavic ancestral strain or umbrella term for all Slavs. It is likely that it was settled by Croats since the 7th century.

Location and structure

According to the descriptions of Constantine the lower reaches of the river Cetina the North West Frontier and the Neretvamündung formed the southwestern border Paganias. The area is said to have composed of three counties on the mainland ( Rastoka, Mokros and Dalen ) and the islands of Brac, Solta, Hvar, Korcula, Vis and Lastovo. Cities in the region were Mokro, Ostrog, Slavineca and Hvar and Stari Grad.