Chatzon

Chatzon ( Middle Greek Χάτζων ) was a leader of the slaves in the Balkans around the year 615.

In the year 615 Slavic tribes attacked the Byzantine city of Thessaloniki under their " exarch " ( έξαρχος Σκλαβίνων ) Chatzon . An attempt at conquest from the sea failed due to a strong storm. Chatzon came to town (as a prisoner or an emissary ?) And was killed. Thereupon the siege was broken off by the slaves.

literature

• John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1991, ISBN 978-0-472-08149-3 , pp. 41, 44.
• Walter Pohl : The Avars. A steppe people in Central Europe 567–822 AD. 2nd edition. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48969-9 , p. 241f.