On the attempts to locate the “inhabited cities” of porphyrogennetos’ Pagania a historiographic overview with special reference to controversial issues

In this paper there was made an attempt at determining more precisely the location of the four ?inhabited cities? (?????? ?????????) of Pagania, mentioned in the De administrando imperio of Constantine Porphyrogennetos: Mokron (?? ??????), Beroullia (?? ?????????), Ostrok (?? O?????) ? Slavinetza (? ??????????). Having considered the results previously established in historiography in connection to the issue, the author concludes that Mokron (Makr) was probably situated in the village of Makar beneath Mt. Biokovo, and that Beroullia (Vrulja) was identical with Vrulja near Podgora. Ostrok (Ostrog), in accordance with generally accepted oppinion, is to be located in the immediate vicinity of today?s Zaostrog, at the foot of the Mt. Viter, while, considering Slavinetza, it is assumed that it was situated in the region of the Bacina lakes, near the ruins of Sladinac, where are the remnants of the old Church of St Andrew, although the possibility that it should be searched for in the area of today?s Gradac, near the Slavinjac spring, mentioned in a description of Gradac from 1863, should not be excluded

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  Robert C Melzi, Fernando Palazzi et al.•Italica•1993

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