Berziti

The Berziti[1] (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Берзити, Greek: Βερζήτες) were a South Slavic tribe that settled in Byzantine Macedonia in the 7th century AD with the Slavic invasion of the Balkans. The Berziti settled in the vicinity of Lychnidos (Ohrid).[2] One part of the same tribe settled in Brest, Belarus, while another, also known as Brsjaci, moved south into the Balkans.[3]

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References

  1. History and Archaeology Through Laboratory Examinations, 2012, Aleksandar Donski & Tome Egumenoski, University of Goce Delchev pp.6,7 & 8
  2. Stanoje Stanojević (2000). Narodna enciklopedija: srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka. Budućnost. p. 312. Retrieved 14 April 2013. Jedno slovensko pleme zove se u izvorima 7 vijeka Brziti, a navodi se kao naselje u južnoj Makedoniji. Uzima se danas općenito, da su to Brsjaci oko Ohridskog i Pre- spanskog Jezera i oko gradova Velesa, Prilepa i Bitolja.
  3. Traian Stoianovich (1994). Balkan worlds: the first and last Europe. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-7656-3851-9. Retrieved 14 April 2013.