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The Drougoubitai, also Drogobitai or Dragobitai ( gr, Δρο ��ο ��ῖται/Δραγοβῖται), variously anglicized as Drugubites, Drogubites, Druguvites, Draguvites etc., were a South Slavic group ('' Sclaveni'') who settled in the Balkans in the 7th century. Two distinct branches are mentioned in the sources, one living in medieval
The 7th-century '' Miracles of Saint Demetrius'', which chronicle the Slavic invasions and settlement in the Balkans, list the first branch of the Drougoubitai along with four other Sclaveni tribes living in the vicinity of Thessalonica. According to the ''Miracles'', they were led by kings, and were tributary allies to the Byzantines.Kazhdan (1991), p. 662 The ''Miracles'' also record their participation in two unsuccessful attacks by Sclaveni coalitions on Thessalonica, in 617/618 and 677.
By 879, a bishopric of Drougoubiteia (Δρουγουβιτεία),
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to the north and east of Thessalonica and around Veroia (in modern Greece).
History
The 7th-century '' Miracles of Saint Demetrius'', which chronicle the Slavic invasions and settlement in the Balkans, list the first branch of the Drougoubitai along with four other Sclaveni tribes living in the vicinity of Thessalonica. According to the ''Miracles'', they were led by kings, and were tributary allies to the Byzantines.Kazhdan (1991), p. 662 The ''Miracles'' also record their participation in two unsuccessful attacks by Sclaveni coalitions on Thessalonica, in 617/618 and 677.
By 879, a bishopric of Drougoubiteia (Δρουγουβιτεία), suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
to the Metropolis of Thessalonica
The Metropolis of Thessaloniki ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan see based in the city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the so-called "New Lands", belonging to ...
, had been established. Nicolas Oikonomides has suggested that at about the same time, the tribe was placed under a Byzantine military governor with the title of ''strategos
''Strategos'', plural ''strategoi'', Linguistic Latinisation, Latinized ''strategus'', ( el, στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, ''stratagos''; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek language, Greek to ...
''. In the late 10th and 11th centuries, Drougoubiteia is attested as being united with the themes of Thessalonica and Strymon into a single province.Kazhdan (1991), p. 663 In the early 10th century, John Kaminiates speaks of the Drougoubitai as living around Veroia, while in the 13th century, Demetrios Chomatenos mentions them as "ruling" all the land from Veroia up to Skopje.Nesbitt & Oikonomides (1991), p. 84
See also
* List of Medieval Slavic tribesReferences
Sources
* * * * * {{Slavic ethnic groups (VII-XII century) Byzantine Greece Medieval Macedonia Slavic tribes in Macedonia Slavic tribes in Thrace and Moesia Sclaveni