10-11-2013, 02:17 PM
There is also a theory that the names Serb and Croat - who seem to have been settled in the western Balkans under the auspices of Heraclius - have an Iranian (linguistic) origin. Some people imagine that it could indicate that the local Slavs were initially led by Sarmatian overlords, who became slavicised, much as the Turkic Bulgars were.
Martin
Fac me cocleario vomere!
Fac me cocleario vomere!