• Daurentius (Greek: Δαυρέντιος) or Dauritas (Greek: Δαυρίτας) was a Slavic (Sclaveni) chieftain in the 6th century. He seems to have been the supreme chief...
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    Dniester. The Avars subsequently allied themselves with the Sclaveni. Daurentius (fl. 577–579), the first Slavic chieftain recorded by name, was sent an...
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  • mentions Daurentius (r. c. 577 – 579) who slew an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I for asking the Slavs to accept the suzerainty of the Avars; Daurentius declined...
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    chief Daurentius (circa 577–579) who slew an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I for asking the Slavs to accept the suzerainty of the Avars; Daurentius declined...
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    with the Sclaveni, although there was an episode in which the Sclavene Daurentius (fl.  577–579), the first Slavic chieftain recorded by name, dismissed...
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    Slavs took the city. Menander Protector mentions a King of the Sklavenoi, Daurentius (577-579) that slayed an Avar envoy of Khagan Bayan I. The Avars asked...
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