Career
The work states that he was the progenitor of the first Serbian dynasty (known as the Vlastimirović), and that he died before the settlement of the Bulgars (680). Serbian historiography commonly treats him as the first Serbian ruler. Serbs were resettled by the Byzantines in the mid-7th century to Asia Minor (see also Asia Minor Slavs), where the town of Gordoservon was mentioned in 680.
According to German historian Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi (1735–1802), the Unknown Archon was a son of Dervan, who was the Duke (dux) of the Surbi, east of the Saale in 630ad.
This theory was supported by Miloš Milojević, and Relja Novaković included the possibility that they were relatives in his work.
