Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Continental Celtic tribes led by the Norics establish a kingdom called Noricum on
Slovenian soil near the present-day city of Celje in central Štajerska.
1st century AD
The Romans move into Slovenia from Italy and annex Noricum, marking the begin-
ning of Roman occupation that would last for almost half a millennium.
5th century
Around AD 450, the Huns, led by Attila, invade Italy via Slovenia, attacking the Ro-
man settlements of Poetovio (Ptuj), Celeia (Celje) and Emona (Ljubljana) en route.
6th century
Early Slavic tribes, divided into two distinct but related groups, the Slaveni and the
Antes, settle in the valleys of the Sava, Drava and Mura Rivers and the eastern Alps.
7th century
A loose confederation of Slavic tribes establishes the Duchy of Carantania, the world's
first Slavic political entity, and centres its capital somewhere near Celovec, now Kla-
genfurt in Austria.
748
The Carolingian empire of the Franks incorporates Carantania as a vassal state called
Carinthia; with the establishment of a formal church, the Christianisation of the
Slovenes begins.
869-74
Carinthian Prince Kocelj rules a short-lived Slovenian 'kingdom' in Lower Pannonia,
the area that stretches southeast from Styria (Štajerska) to the Mura, Drava and Danube
Rivers.
late 13th century
The first feudal holdings on Slovenian territory - the provinces of Carniola, Gorizia,
Istria, Carinthia and Styria - fall under Habsburg control and remain in their hands un-
til WWI.
 
Search WWH ::




Custom Search