Carantania South_Slavs

borders of slav territories under king samo s rule in 631

slavs had begun penetrate eastern alps before departure of lombards italy in 568 ad. 600, christian dioceses had heretofore still persisted in noricum throughout migration period had been extinguished, slovene historians take indication of slavic settlement in region. pagan slavs contended lombards control on drava valley , friuli until defeated lombards @ lauriana in 720, secured friuli lombard kingdom , christendom. slavs, too, able consolidate territory managed seize: in 623, unified slav tribes rebelled against avars weakened defeat @ constantinople, under rule of first historically known slavic polity - samo s tribal union. within generation of samo s death, inhabitants of carantania had established elective duchy in modern-day southern austria centered around roman ruin of virunum, lost independence in 745 due renewed avar threat, pledging fealty both bavaria , bishopric of salzburg. after, in 788, carantania within bavaria incorporated semifeudal frankish empire. carantanians participated in ljudevit s rebellion of 819, around time carantania began increasingly integrated bavaria proper , local slavic dukes disappeared history. however, of privileges , traditions of carantanians survived late middle ages.