Paganija or Pagania or Narenta or Neretva

Pagania in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio

Greek map of Serb lands in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio

This was a medieval principality located in today's Northern Dalmatia. historic map This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... historic map This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... De Administrando Imperio is a scholarly work from ca. ... De Administrando Imperio is a scholarly work from ca. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Dalmatia ( Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ...

"It should be known that the en:Serbs originate from the pagan Serbs, also called en:White Serbs, who live on the other side of Hungary ("Turcia") [...] Due to the fact that present-day en:Serbia and en:Pagania (Paganoi)... the emperor settled the same Serbs in these lands, and they were under his tutelage; the emperor Christianized them with Roman priests".

Constantine VII, De Administrando Imperio, Chapter: 32 [ [1] (http://wikisource.org/wiki/De_Administrando_Imperio#32._Of_the_en:Serbs_and_of_the_country_they_now_dwell_in.)]

Pagania bordered the lands of Zahumlje to the north and northeast and Croatia to the west. It's coast encompassed the northern half of what is today the Split-Dalmatia county along with the cities of Sinj, Imotski, Vrgorac, Split including Kaštela and Soli, as well as towns off the coast such as Trogir, Omiš, and Makarska the islands of Brac, Hvar, Stari Grad, Vis and Komiža. Zahumlje, also known as the Land of Hum, was a medieval principality located in todays Herzegovina. ... The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. ... Split-Dalmatia county - Splitsko-dalmatinska županija is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. ... Sinj is a town in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. ... Split Harbour See stock split for the investing term. ... Soli is an ancient city on the island of Cyprus, located west of Kyrenia. ... BRAC means: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (now formally called only BRAC) Basic Rest Activity Cycles of the brain Base Realignment and Closure for US military installations See also: Brac This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Categories: Croatian geography stubs | Islands of Croatia ... Vis can refer to: Vis, a type of handgun, after the word for power in Latin Vis, an island in the Adriatic Vis, town and municipality on the aforementioned island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos descibes the Paganians in De Administrando Imperio as a Serb tribe which settled in present Hercegovina around the Neretva River at the start of the 7th century. Pagania entered into confederations with the Serb princes of Raska early on. The Serb prince Caslav Klonimirovic of the House of Vlastimirovic fully incorporated this area into his domain between 927 AD and and 940. The Serb prince Caslav Klonimirovic of the House of Vlastimirovic fully incorporated this area into his domain between 927 AD and and 940. After the death of Caslav in 960, Travunia was contested between Byzantium and Bulgaria. But by 968, it was violently conquered by the Croatian King Kresimir but it returned to the Serb princes of the House of Vojislavljevic of Zeta by the middle of the 11th century and later to Serb princes of the House of Nemanjic of Raska. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) ( 905 – November 9, 959) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and nephew of Alexander III. He earned his nickname as the legitimate (or more accurately legitimized) son of Leo, as opposed to the others who claimed the throne during his lifetime. ... De Administrando Imperio is a scholarly work from ca. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Herzegovina (natively Херцеговина/Hercegovina) is a historical region in the Dinaric Alps that composes the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Neretva (also Неретва) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. ... Knez/Zupan Caslav Klonimirovic Vlastimirovic ??? - 960 Ruler of Serbia (son of Klonimir, grandson of Strojimir). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Knez/Zupan Caslav Klonimirovic Vlastimirovic ??? - 960 Ruler of Serbia (son of Klonimir, grandson of Strojimir). ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Byzantium was the original name of the modern city of Istanbul. ... The Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. ... Zeta can refer to: Zeta (letter), a letter of the Greek alphabet. ... Nemanjić (Serbian Немањић; also Nemanjid) was a medieval Serb ruling dynasty. ... Raška (Raschka, Rascia, Rassa) was the central and most successful medieval Serbian state (or župa, area ruled by a župan) that unified neighboring Serbian tribes into the main medieval Serbian state in Balkans. ...

Croatian academics have pointed out that Pagania could have been Croats, but this is not generally accepted since these claims rely on Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, which has been discredited as unreliable and full of errors. It is now accepted in most academic circles outside of Croatia that Travunia / Travunja , Zachumlie / Zahumlje, Bosnia / Bosna and Zeta / Duklja were settled with Serb tribes, as it states in De Administrando Imperio. The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (Presbyter Diocleas: Libellus Gothorum; Ljetopis popa Dukljanina, Barski Rodoslov) is a medieval chronicle originally written by a Catholic priest from Dioclea (modern Bar) around 1172_1196. ... Travunia Travunja Travunians Travunia in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio Greek map of Serb lands in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio This was a medieval principality located in todays Hercegovina and Southern Dalmatia. ... Travunia Travunja Travunians Travunia in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio Greek map of Serb lands in the 9th century, according to De administrando imperio This was a medieval principality located in todays Hercegovina and Southern Dalmatia. ... Zahumlje, also known as the Land of Hum, was a medieval principality located in todays Herzegovina. ... Zahumlje, also known as the Land of Hum, was a medieval principality located in todays Herzegovina. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... The source of the Bosna river on the outskirts of Sarajevo. ... Zeta was one of the first Serb states, now in Montenegro. ... Duklja (Latin: Doclea or Dioclea, after the town of Dioclea) was a vassal state of Byzantium until it won its independence in 1042, ruled by the Vojislavljevic Dynasty, located in Zeta, or modern Montenegro and northern Albania including the city of Shkodër. ... De Administrando Imperio is a scholarly work from ca. ...

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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Serbia[3]  (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Serbia)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02694a.htm[4]  (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02694a.htm)

http://forum.stirpes.net/showthread.php?t=788[5] (http://forum.stirpes.net/showthread.php?t=788)