The Sagudates were a South Slavic

South Slavs

The South Slavs are the southern branch of the Slavic peoples and speak South Slavic languages. Geographically, the South Slavs are native to the Balkan peninsula, the southern Pannonian Plain and the eastern Alps...

 tribe that lived in Macedonia

Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...

, in the area between Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

 and Veria

Veria

Veria is a city built at the foot of Vermion Mountains in Greece. It is a commercial center of Macedonia, the capital of the prefecture of Imathia, the province of Imathia and the seat of a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church...

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History

The Sagudates were first attested in a Byzantine

Byzantine

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 document of 686 as allies of the Avars

Avars

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 and besiegers of Thessaloniki in alliance with other South Slavic tribes. In the 7th century, along with other tribes they were using armed logboats to plunder the coasts of Thessaly

Thessaly

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. In the 9th century the Sagudates lived in mixed villages with the Drogubites and paid taxes to the Byzantine authorities of Thessaloniki.