Bosnia (Early Middle Ages)

In the Early Middle Ages, Bosnia (Greek: Βοσωνα/Bosona, Serbo-Croatian: Bosna) was an entity (called a "small country") of the Serbian principality, which may have been independent at times. The western Balkans had been reconquered from "barbarians" by Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565). Sclaveni (Slavs) raided the western Balkans, including Bosnia, in the 6th century. The De Administrando Imperio (DAI; ca. 960) mentions Bosnia (Βοσωνα/Bosona) as a "small/little land" (or "small country", χοριον Βοσωνα/horion Bosona) part of Serbia, having been settled by Serbs along with Zahumlje and Travunija (both with territory in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina); it was referred to only once, at the end of the 32nd chapter on the Serbs (a chapter overall drawn from older writings). This is the

Bosnia (Early Middle Ages)

In the Early Middle Ages, Bosnia (Greek: Βοσωνα/Bosona, Serbo-Croatian: Bosna) was an entity (called a "small country") of the Serbian principality, which may have been independent at times. The western Balkans had been reconquered from "barbarians" by Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565). Sclaveni (Slavs) raided the western Balkans, including Bosnia, in the 6th century. The De Administrando Imperio (DAI; ca. 960) mentions Bosnia (Βοσωνα/Bosona) as a "small/little land" (or "small country", χοριον Βοσωνα/horion Bosona) part of Serbia, having been settled by Serbs along with Zahumlje and Travunija (both with territory in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina); it was referred to only once, at the end of the 32nd chapter on the Serbs (a chapter overall drawn from older writings). This is the