Zeriuani
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The Zeriuani or Zeruiani was a Slavic tribe mentioned by the 9th-century Bavarian Geographer (BG).[1] It states that the Zeruiani "which is so great a realm that from it, as their tradition relates, all the tribes of the Slavs are sprung and trace their origin" (Zeruiani tantum est reguum, utex eo cunctae gentes Sclavorum exortae sint, et originem, sicut affirmant, ducant).[1] Scholarship connect it to Procopius' Sporoi and the Serbs. Other tribes mentioned by BG with similar names include the Zuireani, Surbi, Sebbirozi, Zabrozi and Serauici.
Studies
- According to Polish historian Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861), the Zeriuani referred to the "Serbs on the Dniester", while Zuireani (another tribe mentioned by BG) referred to the "Serbs in the Balkans".[2][contradictory]
- According to Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861), the Zeruiani were the White Serbs mentioned in De Administrando Imperio.[2]
- According to American Slavicist Samuel Hazzard Cross, Zeruiani was obviously related to the modern terms Serb and Sorb.[1]
