Rhynchinoi

TheRhynchines, RichenoiorRhynchinoi(Greek:Ῥυγχίνοι) were aSouth Slavic(Sklavenoi^[1]) tribe in the region of southernMacedoniain the 7th century. According to Traian Stoianovich, they were Slavic or Avaro-Slavic, and their name probably derives from a local, unidentified river, likely between the lowerVardarand lowerStrymon.^[2]The Rhynchinoi settled along the river Rhechinos (or Rhechios) betweenlake Bolbeand theStrymonic Gulf.^[3]

The tribe is attested in theMiracles of Saint Demetriusas having formed asklavinianear the city ofThessaloniki,under a king namedPerboundosin the third quarter of the seventh century. They were apparently a powerful tribe.^[4]After Perboundos was arrested and executed byByzantineauthorities, the Rhynchines rose up and allied themselves with two other nearbysklaviniai,theSagudatesand theDrugubites,and launched anunsuccessful siegeof Thessalonica (in 676–678 AD).^[5]

The general assimilation of the tribe into the local population is also indicated by the fact that one of the few records of the chieftain Perbundos is that he was fluent inGreek,woreByzantineclothes and preferred to stay inThessalonica.^[3]

Scriptures from the Athonite monastery of Kastamonitou suggests that the Rhynchinoi were converted to Christianity under theIconoclast emperors.^[3]

In the 8th and 9th centuries the Rynchinoi and Sagudates moved eastwards intoChalkidiki.^[6]

Porphyrius Uspenskyfound a 17th-century manuscript atKastamonitouthat mentioned the Richenoi and Sagudates having come from Bulgaria across Macedonia toMount Athos,at the time of theIconoclasm.^[7]Later 8th century records refer to the tribe as "Vlachorynchinoi" instead of Rhynchinoi, suggests mi xing ofVlachsorRomance-speakers and the tribe, atMacedonia.^[2]

References

^Etudes Historiques.Vol. 10. Académie des sciences de Bulgarie, Institut d'histoire. 1980. p. 12.
^^a ^bTraian Stoianovich (2015) [1967].Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe.Routledge. pp. 127–.ISBN 978-1-317-47615-3.
^^a ^b ^cM.B. Sakellariou (1983).Macedonia 4000 years of Greek History and Civilization.New York: Pan-Macedonian Association of the United States and Canada.
^Curta 2006,pp. 96–97.
^Curta 2006,pp. 111–112.
^Balkan Studies.Vol. 22. Institute for Balkan Studies, Society for Macedonian Studies. 1981. p. 423.
^Robert Lee Wolff (1944).Studies in the Latin empire of Constantinople.Variorum. p. 204.ISBN 978-0-902089-99-0.

Sources

Curta, Florin(2006).Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-81539-0.

[1] Etudes Historiques.Vol. 10. Académie des sciences de Bulgarie, Institut d'histoire. 1980. p. 12.

[Stoianovich2015-2] Traian Stoianovich (2015) [1967].Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe.Routledge. pp. 127–.ISBN 978-1-317-47615-3.

[:0-3] M.B. Sakellariou (1983).Macedonia 4000 years of Greek History and Civilization.New York: Pan-Macedonian Association of the United States and Canada.

[FOOTNOTECurta200696–97-4] Curta 2006,pp. 96–97.

[FOOTNOTECurta2006111–112-5] Curta 2006,pp. 111–112.

[6] Balkan Studies.Vol. 22. Institute for Balkan Studies, Society for Macedonian Studies. 1981. p. 423.

[Wolff1944-7] Robert Lee Wolff (1944).Studies in the Latin empire of Constantinople.Variorum. p. 204.ISBN 978-0-902089-99-0.

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