the dalmatians have illirian originin but are also mixed with the croats coming from the east.

the illiryans were weakened by the resistance and the wars against the romans. the slavs that came to these lands, were basiclly beggar thy neighbour type of people, who worked in the fields of the illiarian land lords. as the illirian population was being reduced by the wars and resistance with the romans, the slavic populatios were growing and thus consequently slavicising the illilirians. the slavication process was orchestrated by Romans and the bysantine empire, who tried to suppres at all cost this courageous people who fought for 2 centuries agains them