"The Arab Siege of the Roman Fortress of Ragusium " Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Mar 2017 9:01 p.m. PST |
"According to the De administrando imperio of the Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, the city was founded, probably in the 7th century, by the inhabitants of the Roman city of Epidaurum after its destruction by the Avars and Slavs in ca. 615. Some of the survivors moved 16 miles north to a small island near the coast where they founded a new settlement, Lausa. It has been claimed that a second raid by the Slavs in 656 resulted in the total destruction of Epidaurum. Slavs, including Croats and Serbs, settled along the coast in the 7th century. For centuries the city, known as Ragusium in Latin and was under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire. The city remained under Roman control until 1204…"
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