although, macedonia was part of the byzantine empire, there was little byzantine influence. in the mid-6th century, slavic tribes started to settle in macedonia. from the 7th century to the 13th century, byzantine macedonia was governed by local princes and kings, allied with the byzantine empire. in the 9th century, the byzantine empire brought christianity to macedonia. the people who brought christianity to macedonia were saints cyril and methodius. their goal was to bring christianity and the cyrillic alphabet to slavs in europe.