Daurentius

Daurentius or Dauritas was a Slavic chieftain in the 6th century. He seems to have been the supreme chief of a Slavic tribal confederation, which "fellow chiefs" were or subordinated to him, or of the similar tribal rank and status as Daurentius.

Etymology

Linguists consider that the original Slavic form of the name was Dobręta, which was rendered via the Greek pronunciation and transcription of "β=''ν''".

The location of his realm and mentioned Sclaveni is a matter of scholarly debate. Usually scholars consider Daurentius led the Sclaveni around the Lower Danube region, while others situated it in the basin of the Zala river in the territory of the old Roman province of Pannonia Prima, in present-day Hungary.