It extended from the valleys of the Ibar and Lim westwards across the river Drina, into present-day. For this reason, it is not easy to draw a direct line between the early twentieth century and contemporary Serb nationalism, as has been done in some centenary-driven histories of the First World War. The timeless symbolism of this date is reflected in the fact that it is the day when in , after more than two years, the Thessaloniki front finally broke through and the process of liberation of Serbia began, which ended on November 1, in just 45 days. Greek-language sources used archon and Latin-language sources dux when referring to the early Serb and other South Slav rulers, but we do not know the Slav equivalents from this time. The dividing line between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires ran across the Balkan peninsula, through the territory that Serb, Croat and other Slav tribes settled in the sixth and seventh cen- turies.
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