The
Sagudates (,
Sagoudatai) were a
South Slavs tribe that lived in the region of Macedonia, in the area between
Thessaloniki and
Veria.
History
The Sagudates were first attested in a
Byzantine document dated 686 as allies of the
Pannonian Avars and besiegers of
Thessalonica in an alliance with two other South Slavic tribes, the
Rynchines and the
Drugubites.
In the 7th century, the Sagudates, along with other tribes, used
logboats to plunder the coasts of
Thessaly.
In the 9th century, the Sagudates started living in mixed villages with the
Drugubites and paid taxes to the Byzantine authorities of Thessalonica.
