International Research Center for Late Antiquity and Middle Ages
Abstract
Byzantine Adriatic was between 550 and 800 an ethnically heterogeneous marginal area with a specific economy and cultural variety. This period differ from the earlier and later periods of Byzantine presence on the Adriatic, and especially on the eastern Adriatic coast. Population in this area felt threatened by the aggressive hinterland Lombards and Slavs, the Croats and Serbs. Their adherence to the idea of the Empire made it impossible to impose any other policy or rule
