Zeriuani

The Zeruiani or Zeriuani was a Slavic tribe mentioned by the 9th-century Bavarian Geographer (BG). It states that the Zeruiani "which is so great a realm that from it, as their tradition relates, all the tribes of the Slavs are sprung and trace their origin" (Zeruiani tantum est reguum, utex eo cunctae gentes Sclavorum exortae sint, et originem, sicut affirmant, ducant). Other tribes mentioned by BG with similar names include the Zuireani, Surbi, Sebbirozi, Zabrozi and Serauici.

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