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Romuald, ordered that the latter should assign to him and his people places to dwell in. Duke Romuald, receiving them graciously, accorded to them extensive tracts to settle which had been deserted up to that time, namely, Sepinum (Sepino), Bovianum (Bojano), Isernia and other cities with their territories and directed that Alzeco himself, the name of his title being changed, should be called gastaldius instead of duke. And they dwell up to the present time in these places, as we have said, and although they also speak Latin, they have not at all forsaken the use of their own language.
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Bulgars still inhabited the area, and that even though they speak "Latin," "they have not forsaken the use of their own tongue." In later times they had evidently become completely assimilated.
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Bulgaria § Bulgars in Southern Italy
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973:Бакалов, Георги; Милен Куманов (2003). "Алцек".
842:(b. 1960), former professional basketball player
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951:(in Bulgarian). Министерство на външните работи
661:). The first book printed in modern Bulgarian,
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1:
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827:(b. 1990), world champion in
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