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The Serbs, whom Symeon had scattered, hearing this, gathered to him. But also many who had fled from Bulgaria entered the City, and the emperor of the Romans, having clothed and benefited them, sent them away to Česlav. And having from the rich gifts of the emperor of the Romans organized and settled the country, as it was before, he is subject in servile fashion to the emperor of the Romans, having through the emperor's support and his many benefactions organized this country and been confirmed as its ruler. For the ruler of Serbia from the beginning, that is from the reign of the emperor Heraclius, has been in servile subjection to the emperor of the Romans, and was never subjected to the ruler of Bulgaria. In baptized Serbia are the inhabited cities of Destinikon, Tzernabouskeē, Megyretous, Dresneēk, Lesnēk, Salēnes and in the district of Bosona, Katera and Desnēk. 33 Concerning the Zachlumians and the country they now inhabit. The country of the Zachlumians was formerly possessed by the Romans, I mean, those Romans whom the emperor Diocletian transferred from Rome, as is told in the history of the Croats concerning them. This country of the Zachlumians was under the emperor of the Romans, but when this country and its people were enslaved by the Avars, it was utterly laid waste. But the Zachlumians who now live there are Serbs, from the time of that ruler who sought refuge with the emperor Heraclius. They were called Zachlumians from a so-called mountain of Chlomos, and in the tongue of the Slavs 'Zachlumians' means 'behind the mountain', since in this region there is a great mountain with two cities on its summit, Bona and Chlum, and behind this mountain runs a river called Bona, which means 'good'. For the family of the proconsul and patrician Michael, son of Bouseboutzes, the ruler of the Zachlumians, came from the unbaptized inhabitants on the river Vistula, who are called Litziki, and settled on the river called Zachluma. In the territory of the Zachlumians are the inhabited cities of Stagnon, Mokriskik, Ioslē, Galoumaēnik. Dobriskik. 34 Concerning the Terbouniotes and the Kanalites and the country they now inhabit. The country of the Terbouniotes and Kanalites is a single one. And those who live there are descended from the unbaptized Serbs, from the time of that ruler who sought refuge with the emperor Heraclius from unbaptized Serbia, down to the time of the ruler of Serbia, Blastimeros. This ruler Blastimeros, then, gave his own daughter in marriage to Kraina, son of Belaes, zupan of Terbounia. And wishing to ennoble his son-in-law, he named him ruler, and made him independent. From him was born Phalimeres, and from him Tzouzemeres. But the rulers of Terbounia were always under the authority of the ruler of Serbia. In the tongue of the Slavs, Terbounia means 'a strong place'; for this country has many strong-points. There is another country subordinate to this country of Terbounia, called Kanale. 'Kanale' means in the tongue of the Slavs 'wagon-road', because, the place being level, they perform all their services by means of wagons. In the territory of Terbounia and Kanale are the inhabited cities of Terbounia, Ormos, Risena, Loukabetai, Zetlebē. 35 Concerning the Diocletians and the country they now inhabit. The country of Diocleia was also formerly possessed by the Romans, whom the emperor Diocletian transferred from Rome, as has been said in the history concerning the Croats, and it was under the emperor of the Romans. And this country was also enslaved by the Avars and laid waste, and was re-settled in the time of Heraclius the emperor, as were Croatia and Serbia and the country of the Zachlumians and Terbounia and of the

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Σέρβλοι, οὓς ὁ Συμεὼν διεσκόρπισεν, τοῦτο ἀκούσαντες συνήχθησαν εἰς αὐτόν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ πόλει πολλοὶ ἀπὸ Βουλγαρίας φυγόντες εἰσῆλθον, οὓς καὶ ἐνδύσας καὶ εὐεργετήσας ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ῥωμαίων, ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τὸν Τζεέσθλαβον. Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πλουσίων δωρεῶν τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Ῥωμαίων συστησάμενος καὶ ἐνοικίσας τὴν χώραν, ὡς τὸ πρότερον, ἐστὶν ὑποτεταγμένος δουλοπρεπῶς τῷ βασιλεῖ Ῥωμαίων, καὶ διὰ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως συνδρομῆς καὶ τῶν πολλῶν αὐτοῦ εὐεργεσιῶν τὴν τοιαύτην χώραν συστήσας καὶ ἄρχων ἐν αὐτῇ βεβαιωθείς. Ὅτι ὁ ἄρχων Σερβλίας ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἤγουν ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας Ἡρακλείου τοῦ βασιλέως, δουλικῶς ἐστιν ὑποτεταγμένος τῷ Ῥωμαίων βασιλεῖ, καὶ οὐδέποτε τῷ ἄρχοντι Βουλγαρίας καθυπετάγη. Ὅτι ἐν τῇ βαπτισμένῃ Σερβλίᾳ εἰσὶν κάστρα οἰκούμενα· τὸ ∆εστινίκον, τὸ Τζερναβουσκέη, τὸ Μεγυρέτους, τὸ ∆ρεσνεήκ, τὸ Λεσνήκ, τὸ Σαληνὲς καὶ εἰς τὸ χωρίον Βόσονα τὸ Κάτερα καὶ τὸ ∆εσνήκ. 33 Περὶ τῶν Ζαχλούμων καὶ ἧς νῦν οἰκοῦσι χώρας. Ὅτι ἡ τῶν Ζαχλούμων χώρα παρὰ τῶν Ῥωμαίων πρότερον ἐκρατεῖτο, Ῥωμάνων δή φημι, οὓς ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ∆ιοκλητιανὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς μετῴκισεν, καθὼς καὶ εἰς τὴν τῶν Χρωβάτων ἱστορίαν εἴρηται περὶ αὐτῶν. Ὑπὸ τῷ βασιλεῖ δὲ Ῥωμαίων ἡ τῶν Ζαχλούμων αὕτη χώρα ὑπῆρχεν, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἀβάρων αἰχμαλωτισθεῖσα ἥ τε χώρα καὶ ὁ ταύτης λαὸς τὸ παράπαν ἠρήμωται. Οἱ δὲ νῦν οἰκοῦντες ἐκεῖσε Ζαχλοῦμοι Σέρβλοι τυγχάνουσιν ἐξ ἐκείνου τοῦ ἄρχοντος, τοῦ εἰς τὸν βασιλέα Ἡράκλειον προσφυγόντος. Ζαχλοῦμοι δὲ ὠνομάσθησαν ἀπὸ ὄρους οὕτω καλουμένου Χλούμου, καὶ ἄλλως δὲ παρὰ τῇ τῶν Σκλάβων διαλέκτῳ ἑρμηνεύεται τὸ Ζαχλοῦμοι ἤγουν "ὀπίσω τοῦ βουνοῦ", ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ τοιούτῳ χωρίῳ βουνός ἐστιν μέγας, ἔχων ἄνωθεν αὐτοῦ δύο κάστρα, τὸ Βόνα καὶ τὸ Χλούμ, ὄπισθεν δὲ τοῦ τοιούτου βουνοῦ διέρχεται ποταμὸς καλούμενος Βόνα, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται "καλόν". Ὅτι ἡ γενεὰ τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου καὶ πατρικίου Μιχαήλ, τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Βουσεβούτζη, τοῦ ἄρχοντος τῶν Ζαχλούμων, ἦλθεν ἀπὸ τῶν κατοι κούντων ἀβαπτίστων εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν Βίσλας, τοὺς ἐπονομαζομένους Λιτζίκη, καὶ ᾤκησεν εἰς τὸν ποταμόν, τὸν ἐπονομαζόμενον Ζαχλοῦμα. Ὅτι ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ τῶν Ζαχλούμων εἰσὶν κάστρα οἰκούμενα· τὸ Σταγνόν, τὸ Μοκρισκίκ, τὸ Ἰοσλή, τὸ Γαλουμαήνικ. τὸ ∆οβρισκίκ. 34 Περὶ τῶν Τερβουνιωτῶν καὶ τῶν Καναλιτῶν καὶ ἧς νῦν οἰκοῦσι χώρας. Ὅτι ἡ τῶν Τερβουνιωτῶν καὶ τῶν Καναλιτῶν χώρα μία ὑπάρχει. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἀβαπτίστων Σέρβλων οἱ ἐκεῖσε οἰκοῦντες κατάγονται, ἐξ ἐκείνου τοῦ ἄρχοντος τοῦ εἰς τὸν βασιλέα Ἡράκλειον προσφυγόντος ἀπὸ τῆς ἀβαπτίστου Σερβλίας, μέχρι τοῦ ἄρχοντος Σερβλίας τοῦ Βλαστιμήρου. Οὗτος οὖν ὁ ἄρχων Βλαστίμηρος τῇ ἰδίᾳ θυγατρὶ δέδωκεν ἄνδρα Κραΐναν, τὸν υἱὸν Βελάη, τοῦ ζουπάνου Τερβουνίας. Θέλων δὲ οὗτος τὸν ἴδιον γαμβρὸν δοξάσαι, ὠνόμασεν αὐτὸν ἄρχοντα, ποιήσας αὐτὸν αὐτεξούσιον. Ἐξ ἐκείνου δὲ ὁ Φαλιμέρης ἐγεννήθη, καὶ ἀπ' ἐκείνου ὁ Τζουζήμερις. Ἦσαν δὲ οἱ τῆς Τερβουνίας ἄρχοντες ἀεὶ ὑπὸ τὸν λόγον τοῦ ἄρχοντος Σερβλίας. Τερβουνία δὲ τῇ τῶν Σκλάβων διαλέκτῳ ἑρμηνεύεται "ἰσχυρὸς τόπος"· ἡ γὰρ τοιαύτη χώρα ὀχυρώματα ἔχει πολλά. Ὅτι ἐστὶν καὶ ἑτέρα χώρα ὑπὸ ταύτην τὴν χώραν Τερβουνίας, Καναλὴ προσαγορευομένη. Τὸ δὲ Καναλὴ ἑρμηνεύεται τῇ τῶν Σκλάβων διαλέκτῳ "ἁμαξία", ἐπειδὴ διὰ τὸ εἶναι τὸν τόπον ἐπίπεδον πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς δουλείας διὰ ἁμαξῶν ἐκτελοῦσιν. Ὅτι ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ Τερβουνίας καὶ τοῦ Καναλὴ εἰσὶ κάστρα οἰκούμενα· ἡ Τερβουνία, τὸ Ὀρμός, τὰ Ῥίσενα, τὸ Λουκάβεται, τὸ Ζετλήβη. 35 Περὶ τῶν ∆ιοκλητιανῶν καὶ ἧς νῦν οἰκοῦσι χώρας. Ὅτι ἡ ∆ιοκλείας χώρα καὶ αὐτὴ πρότερον παρὰ τῶν Ῥωμάνων ἐκρατεῖτο, οὓς ἀπὸ Ῥώμης μετῴκισεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ∆ιοκλητιανός, καθὼς καὶ εἰς τὴν περὶ τῶν Χρωβάτων ἱστορίαν εἴρηται, ὑπὸ δὲ τὸν βασιλέα Ῥωμαίων ὑπῆρχεν. Παρὰ δὲ τῶν Ἀβάρων καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ χώρα αἰχμαλωτισθεῖσα ἠρήμωται, καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ Ἡρακλείου, τοῦ βασιλέως ἐνῳκίσθη, καθὼς καὶ ἡ Χρωβατία καὶ ἡ Σερβλία καὶ ἡ τῶν Ζαχλούμων καὶ ἡ Τερβουνία καὶ τοῦ