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667. Anonymous cosmographer from Ravenna wrote down the name of the city, in its Latinised form: Ragusa-Ragusium. He wrote: “Epidaurum id est Ragusium” (”Epidaurum is Ragusium today”). The settlement of the same name had already existed.

7-9 ct. Dubrovnik rules the coastland named Astarea. It stretches form Cavtat to Zaton.

Around 700, the first cathedral was built.

Around 850, strong gales with pounding of the sea and strong wind caused Dubrovnik a lot of damage. Stronger and tougher walls were built.

866 – 867, the Saracens attacked Dubrovnik from the sea. The city withheld a siege lasting several months. The Byzantine Emperor Basil I sent ships to its aid.

In 869, the people of Dubrovnik, by their own ships, transported Croatian troops participating in liberation of Bari from the Saracens.

In 972, the people Dubrovnik chose St. Vlaho (St. Blasius) for their saint patron. His image was impressed in seals and money. Numerous statues of St. Blasius were made and the saint’s image was inwrought in the flag of the city.

Around 992, Macedonian tsar Samuil burnt and plundered Dubrovnik.

Around 999, Dubrovnik becomes an archbishopric.

10–11 ct., the people of Dubrovnik filled in the canal separating the inhabited island of Lava from the mainland. The first walling of the city began.

In 1000, the people of Dubrovnik recognized the rule of Duke Pietro II Orseolo.

In 1018, Dubrovnik was under Byzantine sovereignty again.

In 1022, the island of Lokrum was given to the Benedictines, and the document of the donation is the first written document of Dubrovnik’s origin.

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