[127] In the various histories of Servia (_e.g._ B. Kállay’s _Geschichte der Serben_, p. 51) no mention is made of this coalition, and in fact the reign of Stephen Uroš, save for the Mongolian inroads, is described as peaceful. On the other hand, the treaty between Radoslav and Ragusa expressly mentions the alliance with Bulgaria against Servia. Probably the Mongol invasion of 1255 induced him to make peace with his neighbours. [128] Miklosich, _Monumenta Serbica_, pp. 60 and 69; translated in Klaić, _op. cit._, pp. 137, 138. [129] Uroš was deposed by his son in 1272. [130] For the position and importance of these envoys see Chap. III. [131] The chapters relating to the _stanicum_ (_stanak_ in Slavonic) are 19, 20, 49-57. The matter is ably dealt with in an article by Professor V. Bogišić in the _Archiv für Slawische Philologie_, Berlin, vol ii., 1877, pp. 570-593. [132] In the _Liber Reformationum_ it is mentioned at rare intervals. [133] The commonest are: Bassegli, Bobali, Bodazza, Bona, Bonda, Bubagna, Caboga, Ghetaldi, Gondola, Gozze, Luccari, Raguina, Resti, Saraca, Sorgo, &c. Only a few, such as Zlatarich, are purely Slavonic. The whole question of the relative proportions of Italians and Slaves in Dalmatia is very obscure. Even to this day, owing to the bitterness of party feeling, it is impossible to obtain reliable statistics. [134] Save the treaties with the Slavonic states, which are mostly published in the original Servian in Miklosich’s _Monumenta Serbica_. [135] The number of members varied at different times. [136] Gelcich, p. 32. [137] Luccari. [138] _Lib. Ref._, v. p. 307. [139] The age was afterwards lowered to eighteen years. [140] This account is based on that given in Luccari, save for such changes as occurred between the Venetian period and the early seventeenth century, when Luccari’s book was published. [141] Stephen Uroš II. Milutin (1275-1321). [142] Lebret, _Staatsgeschichte der Republik Venedig_, i. 598. Engel, who gives a similar account, attributes the raid to Stephen Kotromanić, Banus of Bosnia, which is clearly a mistake, as Ragusa was at that time on excellent terms with him. [143] _Mon. Slav. Mer._, i. 204 (1293-1331) and 261 (1294). [144] _Ibid._, 237. [145] _Reform._, 57. [146] Salt was a commodity lacking in the interior. [147] _Liber Pactorum_, 79. [148] _Mon. Slav. Mer._, i. 294, 295, 296, 297. [149] _Ibid._, 303, 304, 306. [150] We find a _Reformatio_ of May 1303 which alludes to the Servian war as still continuing, but it was probably only a case of isolated raids and acts of brigandage. [151] _Mon. Slav. Mer._, i. 327. [152] _Ibid._, 254, Misti, 1313-1316. [153] Ragnina, _ad ann._ 1316, also _Ref._ [154] _Mon. Slav. Mer._, i. 469. [155] Reigned until 1330. [156] Gelcich, _op. cit._, p. 34. [157] Gelcich, _ibid._ [158] _Mon. Slav. Mer._, i. 204, Misti, _ad ann._ 1320-21. [159] It may have been the acts of piracy alluded to.