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Opsara 100 nomismata, the castron of Arbe 100 nomismata, the castron of Vekla 100 nomismata, so that altogether 710 nomismata apart from wine and other various species; for these are more valuable than the nomismata. But the castron of Ragusium lies between the two countries, of both Zachlumia and Terbounia; and they have their vineyards in both countries, and they pay to the prince of Zachlumia 30 nomismata, and to the prince of Terbounia 30 nomismata. 31 About the Croats and the country they now inhabit. That the Croats who now live in the parts of Dalmatia are descended from the unbaptized Croats, also called the white ones, who live beyond Turkey and next to Francia, and are neighbors to the Slavs, the unbaptized Serbs. And 'Chrobatoi' in the language of the Slavs is interpreted, that is, "those who possess much land". These same Croats came as refugees to the emperor of the Romans, Heraclius, before the Serbs took refuge with the same emperor, Heraclius, at the time when the Avars, having made war, drove out from there the Romani, whom the emperor Diocletian had brought from Rome and settled there, for which reason they were called Romani because they had become settlers from Rome in those lands, that is, of what is now called Croatia and Serbia. But these Romani having been driven out by the Avars in the days of the same emperor of the Romans, Heraclius, their lands were made desolate. Therefore, by the command of the emperor Heraclius, these same Croats, having defeated and driven out the Avars from there, by the command of the emperor Heraclius settled in that same land of the Avars, in which they now dwell. And these same Croats had at that time as prince the father of Porga. And the emperor Heraclius sent and brought priests from Rome, and from them made an archbishop and a bishop and presbyters and deacons, and baptized the Croats; and at that time these Croats had as prince Porga. That this land, in which the Croats settled, was from the beginning under the authority of the emperor of the Romans, whence also palaces and hippodromes of the emperor Diocletian are preserved to this day in the country of these same Croats in the castron of Salona, near the castron of Aspalathos. That these baptized Croats do not wish to make war on foreign lands outside their own country; for they received a certain oracle and decree from the Pope of Rome, who in the time of Heraclius, the emperor of the Romans, sent priests and baptized them. For these Croats after they were baptized made treaties and personal pledges and to Saint Peter the apostle firm and sure oaths, that they would never go into a foreign country and make war, but rather live in peace with all who were willing, having received from the same Pope of Rome a blessing of this sort, that if any other pagans should come against the country of these same Croats and bring war upon them, that the God of the Croats should fight for them and protect them, and Peter the disciple of Christ should procure victories for them. And after many years, in the days of Terpimer, the prince, the father of prince Crasimer, there came from Francia, which is between Croatia and Venice, a certain very devout man, Martin by name, but clad in secular habit, whom these same Croats say performed many miracles; and this devout man being weak and mutilated in his feet, so that he was carried by four men and borne about wherever he wished, ordained that these same Croats should keep this commandment of the most holy pope until the end of their lives, and he himself also prayed for them the same blessing of the pope. For this reason neither the sagenae of these Croats, nor their condurae ever go against anyone for war, unless perhaps someone against

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Ὄψαρα νομίσματα ρʹ, τὸ κάστρον ἡ Ἄρβη νομίσματα ρʹ, τὸ κάστρον ἡ Βέκλα νομίσματα ρʹ, ὡς ὁμοῦ νομίσματα ψιʹ ἐκτὸς οἴνου καὶ ἑτέρων διαφόρων εἰδῶν· ταῦτα γὰρ πλείονά εἰσιν ὑπὲρ τὰ νομίσματα. Τὸ δὲ κάστρον τὸ Ῥαούσιον μέσον τῶν δύο χωρῶν πρόσκειται, τῶν τε Ζαχλούμων καὶ τῆς Τερβουνίας· ἔχουσι δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας αὐτῶν εἰς ἀμφοτέρας τὰς χώρας, καὶ τελοῦσι πρὸς μὲν τὸν ἄρχοντα τῶν Ζαχλούμων νομίσματα λʹ, πρὸς δὲ τὸν ἄρχοντα Τερβουνίας νομίσματα λʹ. 31 Περὶ τῶν Χρωβάτων καὶ ἧς νῦν οἰκοῦσι χώρας. Ὅτι οἱ Χρωβάτοι, οἱ εἰς τὰ τῆς ∆ελματίας νῦν κατοικοῦντες μέρη, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀβαπτίστων Χρωβάτων, τῶν καὶ ἄσπρων ἐπονομαζομένων, κατάγονται, οἵτινες Τουρκίας μὲν ἐκεῖθεν, Φραγγίας δὲ πλησίον κατοικοῦσι, καὶ συνοροῦσι Σκλάβοις, τοῖς ἀβαπτίστοις Σέρβλοις. Τὸ δὲ Χρωβάτοι τῇ τῶν Σκλάβων διαλέκτῳ ἑρμηνεύεται, τουτέστιν "οἱ πολλὴν χώραν κατέχοντες". Οἱ δὲ αὐτοὶ Χρωβάτοι εἰς τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Ἡράκλειον πρόσφυγες παρεγένοντο πρὸ τοῦ τοὺς Σέρβλους προσφυγεῖν εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν βασιλέα, Ἡράκλειον κατὰ τὸν καιρόν, ὃν οἱ Ἄβαρεις πολεμήσαντες, ἀπ' ἐκεῖσε τοὺς Ῥωμάνους ἐναπεδίωξαν, οὓς ὁ βασιλεὺς ∆ιοκλητιανὸς ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἀγαγὼν ἐκεῖσε κατεσκήνωσεν, διὸ καὶ Ῥωμᾶνοι ἐκλήθησαν διὰ τὸ ἀπὸ Ῥώμης μετοίκους αὐτοὺς γενέσθαι ἐν ταῖς τοιαύταις χώραις, ἤγουν τῆς νῦν καλουμένης Χρωβατίας καὶ Σερβλίας. Παρὰ δὲ τῶν Ἀβάρων ἐκδιωχθέντες οἱ αὐτοὶ Ῥωμᾶνοι ἐνταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως Ῥωμαίων, Ἡρακλείου, αἱ τούτων ἔρημοι καθεστήκασιν χῶραι. Προστάξει οὖν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἡρακλείου οἱ αὐτοὶ Χρωβάτοι καταπολεμήσαντες καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖσε τοὺς Ἀβάρους ἐκδιώξαντες, Ἡρακλείου τοῦ βασιλέως κελεύσει ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ τῶν Ἀβάρων χώρᾳ, εἰς ἣν νῦν οἰκοῦσιν, κατεσκήνωσαν. Εἶχον δὲ οἱ αὐτοὶ Χρωβάτοι τῷ τότε καιρῷ ἄρχοντα τὸν πατέρα τοῦ Ποργᾶ. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς Ἡράκλειος ἀποστείλας καὶ ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἀγαγὼν ἱερεῖς καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ποιήσας ἀρχιεπίσκοπον καὶ ἐπίσκοπον καὶ πρεσβυτέρους καὶ διακόνους, τοὺς Χρωβάτους ἐβάπτισεν· εἶχον δὲ τῷ τότε καιρῷ οἱ τοιοῦτοι Χρωβάτοι ἄρχοντα τὸν Ποργᾶ. Ὅτι ἡ τοιαύτη χώρα, εἰς ἣν οἱ Χρωβάτοι κατεσκηνώθησαν, ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑπὸ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἦν τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Ῥωμαίων, ἐξ οὗ καὶ παλάτια καὶ ἱπποδρόμια τοῦ βασιλέως ∆ιοκλητιανοῦ ἐν τῇ τῶν αὐτῶν Χρωβάτων χώρᾳ μέχρι τῆς νῦν περισώζονται εἰς τὸ κάστρον Σαλώνας πλησίον τοῦ κάστρου Ἀσπαλάθου. Ὅτι οὗτοι οἱ βαπτισμένοι Χρωβάτοι ἔξωθεν τῆς ἰδίας αὐτῶν χώρας πολεμεῖν ἀλλοτρίας οὐ βούλονται· χρησμὸν γάρ τινα καὶ ὁρισμὸν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ πάπα Ῥώμης, τοῦ ἐπὶ Ἡρακλείου, τοῦ βασιλέως Ῥωμαίων, ἀποστείλαντος ἱερεῖς καὶ τούτους βαπτίσαντος. Καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι οἱ Χρωβάτοι μετὰ τὸ αὐτοὺς βαπτισθῆναι συνθήκας καὶ ἰδιόχειρα ἐποιήσαντο καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἅγιον Πέτρον, τὸν ἀπόστολον ὅρκους βεβαίους καὶ ἀσφαλεῖς, ἵνα μηδέποτε εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν χώραν ἀπέλθωσιν καὶ πολεμήσωσιν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰρηνεύειν μετὰ πάντων τῶν βουλομένων, λαβόντες καὶ παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πάπα Ῥώμης εὐχὴν τοιάνδε, ὡς εἴ τινες ἄλλοι ἐθνικοὶ κατὰ τῆς τῶν αὐτῶν Χρωβάτων χώρας ἐπέλθωσιν καὶ πόλεμον ἐπενέγκωσιν, ἵνα τῶν Χρωβάτων ὁ Θεὸς προπολεμεῖ καὶ προΐσταται, καὶ νίκας αὐτοῖς Πέτρος ὁ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαθητὴς προξενεῖ. Μετὰ δὲ χρόνους πολλοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Τερπημέρη τοῦ ἄρχοντος, τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἄρχοντος Κρασημέρη, ἐλθὼν ἀπὸ Φραγγίας, τῆς μεταξὺ Χρωβατίας καὶ Βενετίας, ἀνήρ τις τῶν πάνυ μὲν εὐλαβῶν, Μαρτῖνος ὀνόματι, σχῆμα δὲ κοσμικὸν περιβεβλημένος, ὃν καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ αὐτοὶ Χρωβάτοι θαύ ματα ἱκανὰ ποιῆσαι· ἀσθενὴς δὲ ὢν ὁ τοιοῦτος εὐλαβὴς ἀνὴρ καὶ τοὺς πόδας ἠκρωτηριασμένος, ὥστε ὑπὸ τεσσάρων βαστάζεσθαι καὶ περιφέρεσθαι, ὅπου δ' ἂν καὶ βούλεται, τὴν τοιαύτην τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου πάπα ἐντολὴν τοῖς αὐτοῖς Χρωβάτοις διατηρεῖν μέχρι τέλους ζωῆς αὐτῶν ἐπεθέσπισεν, ἐπευξάμενος δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς αὐτοῖς τὴν ὁμοίαν τοῦ πάπα εὐχήν. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο οὔτε αἱ σαγῆναι τῶν τοιούτων Χρωβάτων, οὔτε αἱ κονδοῦραι οὐδέποτε κατά τινος πρὸς πόλεμον ἀπέρχονται, εἰ μὴ ἄρα τις κατ'