Bribir, Šibenik-Knin County
Bribir is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, near the town of Skradin, southern Croatia. Geography. The village is located at the foot of the hill of Bribir, in the Ravni Kotari geographical region. It is 12 km from Skradin. History. In the Roman period, the town ("municipium") of "Varvaria" was created in the 1st century AD at the hill of Bribir (), which is now an archaeological site. Up until the Roman conquest, the Liburnians had inhabited the region, giving their name to the Roman province of Liburnia. Pliny the Elder mentioned "Varvarini" as one of  14 municipalities under the jurisdiction of "Scardona" (Skradin). In the Migration Period, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the region switched hands, being occupied by the Ostrogoths, Byzantines and then Croats. In "De Administrando Imperio" (950s), "Berber" is one of the counties part of Littoral Croatia. Bribir achieved its peak in the 13th and 14th century, during the period when the members of Šubić family ruled over Croatia as the Bans of Croatia. Šubićs were called "nobiles, comites" or "principes Breberienses" (Princes of Breber, ). They built a large palace on the hill of Bribir, an ideal place to control  the surrounding territory, overseeing all roads and approaches from the sea to the hinterland. The town was settled by Orthodox population in the 16th century. It was part of the war-time Republic of Serbian Krajina (1991–1995). Demographic history. In the 2011 census, the village had 103 inhabitants. Anthropology. The town was prior to the Yugoslav Wars inhabited by 10 larger Serbian Orthodox families: Bijelić, Gnjidić, Milošević, Ostojić, Pavić, Stevelić, Šarić, Šimpraga, Šuša, and Šušić.