Daurentios

Daurentios was the first known leader of the slaves around 578 on the lower Danube in today's Hungary .

Daurentius was mentioned by the Byzantine historian Menander Protektor . He was leader of slaves in the former Roman province of Pannonia superior . The Avarenkhagan Baian demanded tribute from him from the rich booty that the slavins had accumulated after the raids in the Byzantine Empire . Daurentios refused. Around 578 Baian crossed the Danube against the slaves and destroyed many of their houses.

literature

• Florin Curta : The Making of the Slavs: History and Archeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500-700. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, ISBN 978-1-139-42888-0 , pp. 47, 91, 96, 101, 118, 315, 327, 330, 342f.
• Tibor Živković: Forging unity: The South Slavs between East and West: 550-1150 . The Institute of History, 2008, p. 47.