A Slavic principality that emerged after Samo's death in the region of southern Austria and northeastern Slovenia, became a Bavarian vassal around 740, and was fully absorbed into the Carolingian Empire as a margraviate in 828, later evolving into the Duchy of Carinthia.
Became a margraviate of the Carolingian Empire in 828 after local princes were deposed for supporting an anti-Frankish rebellion; evolved into the March/Duchy of Carinthia under Germanic (Bavarian) rule.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Carantania — the shape you scrub through changes in 658 · 697 · 750 · 777.
Scholarly survey of early Slavic expansion covering the Antes, Sclaveni, and their successors.