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La Serenìssima, more commonly known as the Republic of Venice, was the major maritime power in the Mediterranean in the early Medieval period. With its powerful navy, its numerous overseas domains, and control over lucrative trade networks, the Venetian Republic was unmatched in its dominance. But even so, there were those who paid little heed to their expansion and policies, and continued living under their very own rules.
Foremost of these were the Narentines, a tribe of Serbs living on the Dalmatian Coast, rising in infamy as skilled sea raiders and pirates in the Adriatic Sea. As such, they quickly became the foremost enemies of Venice, and their audacious raids on this major power resulted in centuries of conflict. But why couldn’t Venice defeat them swiftly? And how were the geopolitics of the Adriatic shaped by this prolonged war?
The Ferocity of the Slavic Sea Raiders
The Narentines got their name in contemporary history from the Neretva River (called “Narenta” in Latin, thus the “Narentines”) which is situated in modern day Croatia. The Narentines, according to the contemporary accounts of the fourth Byzantine Emperor, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, were a tribe of Slavic Serbs, and their domain was called Pagania, as they remained fiercely devoted to their pagan faith in a time when the other Serbs adopted Christianity.
