Daurentius
Chieftain
Daurentius (Greek: Δαυρέντιος) or Dauritas (Greek: Δαυρίτας) was a Slavic (Sclaveni) chieftain in the 6th century. He seems to have been the supreme chief of a Slavic tribal confederation, which "fellow chiefs" were either subordinated to him or of a similar tribal rank and status as Daurentius.
01Etymology
Linguists consider that the original Slavic form of the name was Dobręta, which was rendered via the Greek pronunciation and transcription of "β=ν".
02Location
The location of his realm and mentioned Sclaveni is a matter of scholarly debate. Usually scholars consider Daurentius led the Sclaveni around the Lower Danube region (roughly Wallachia), while others situated it in the basin of the Zala river in the territory of the old Roman province of Pannonia Prima, in present-day Hungary.
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