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Historia Salonitana

This account may be considered more similar to that which is found in De Administrando Imperio than the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja.

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It provides an extended information about the Croatian kings Demetrius Zvonimir and Peter Krešimir IV.

Stari Grad, Croatia

In the 7th century, following the fall of Salona, the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, many of its people sought refuge in Faria and other Roman towns in the nearby islands, as noted by the historian Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1200–1268) in his Historia Salonitana.

Thomas the Archdeacon

What is known about Thomas' life comes from his work, Historia Salonitana.

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