Berziti

The Berziti (Bulgarian, Macedonian and {{langx|sr|Берзити}}; {{langx|el|Βερζῆτες|Berzites}}) were a South Slavic tribe that settled in Byzantine Macedonia in late 6th century AD with the Slavic invasion of the Balkans. The Berziti settled in the vicinity of Lychnidos (Ohrid).{{cite book|author=Stanoje Stanojević|title=Narodna enciklopedija: srpsko-hrvatsko-slovenačka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zicuAAAAIAAJ|access-date=14 April 2013|year=2000|publisher=Budućnost|page=312|quote=Jedno slovensko pleme zove se u izvorima 7 vijeka Brziti, a navodi se kao naselje u južnoj Makedoniji. Uzima se danas općenito, da su to Brsjaci oko Ohridskog i Pre- spanskog Jezera i oko gradova Velesa, Prilepa i Bitolja.}} One part of the same tribe settled in Brest, Belarus, while another, moved south into the Balkans.{{cite book|author=Traian Stoianovich|title=Balkan worlds: the first and last Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxKBMhz3e7AC&pg=PA149|access-date=14 April 2013|year=1994|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-3851-9|pages=149–}}