Berziti Explained

The Berziti (Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian: Берзити; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βερζῆτες|Berzites) were a South Slavic tribe that settled in Byzantine Macedonia in the 7th century AD with the Slavic invasion of the Balkans. The Berziti settled in the vicinity of Lychnidos (Ohrid).^[1] One part of the same tribe settled in Brest, Belarus, while another, moved south into the Balkans.^[2]

See also

• List of Medieval Slavic tribes
• Brsjaks

Notes and References

1. Book: Stanoje Stanojević. Narodna enciklopedija: srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka. 14 April 2013. 2000. Budućnost. 312. Jedno slovensko pleme zove se u izvorima 7 vijeka Brziti, a navodi se kao naselje u južnoj Makedoniji. Uzima se danas općenito, da su to Brsjaci oko Ohridskog i Pre- spanskog Jezera i oko gradova Velesa, Prilepa i Bitolja..
2. Book: Traian Stoianovich. Balkan worlds: the first and last Europe. 14 April 2013. 1994. M.E. Sharpe. 978-0-7656-3851-9. 149–.