Ras Katepanlığı: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

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==History==

In the middle of the 6th century, during the reign of Byzantine emperor [[Justinian I]] (d. 565), a fortress of ''Arsa'' ({{lang-gr|ΑΡΣΑ}}) in the province of [[Dardania (Roman province)|Dardania]] was refortified, as attested by historian [[Procopius]].{{sfn|Калић|1989|p=9-17}} At the beginning of the 7th century, Byzantine rule collapsed, and the region was settled by [[Serbs]].{{sfn|Ćirković|2004|p=8-9}} Up to the middle of the 10th century, the fortress of [[Stari Ras|Ras]] was a stronghold of the early medieval [[Principality of Serbia (early medieval)|Principality of Serbia]], as attested by the Byzantine emperor and historian [[Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus]] (d. 959) in his work ''[[De Administrando Imperio]]''.{{sfn|Moravcsik|1967|p=152-161}} By that time, following the [[Christianization of the Serbs]], the [[Eparchy of Ras]] was also created.{{sfn|Vlasto|1970|p=208-209}}