Neretva Pirates
The Narentines (Greek: (Ν)αρεντάνοι - (N)arentanoi, Croatian: Neretvani, Serbian: Neretljani/Неретљани, Italian: Narentani, Narentini) was an ethnonym of a South Slavic tribe that occupied an area of southern Dalmatia west of the river Neretva or "Narenta". They were known for their piracy, so they are today known as the Neretva pirates. Some sources referred to their realm as Pagania (Паганија, Paganija) because they were pagan. The tribe ceased to be recognized as standalone after their Christianization in the 9th century, and particularly after the Venetian crackdown at the turn of the 10th century.
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—John Lee Mahin (1902–1984)