- Historia Salonitana
Historia Salonitana by
Thomas the Archdeacon is a historic chronicle from the13th century which contains significant information about the early history of theCroats .The chronicle gives an account of the arrival of the Croats:
"From the Polish territories called Lingonia seven or eight tribal clans arrived under Totilo. When they saw that the Croatian land would be suitable for habitation because in it there were few Roman colonies, they sought and obtained for their duke…The people called Croats…Many call them Goths, and likewise Slavs, according to the particular name of those who arrived from Poland and Bohemia."
This account may be considered more similar to that which is found in
De Administrando Imperio than theChronicle of the Priest of Duklja .The chronicle notes that by the time of the
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius andPope John IV , some Croats had been converted toChristianity . Both these men died in the mid7th century , which leaves an estimate of the actual arrival of the Croats to theAdriatic at sometime in the early part of the century.References
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