EKSPANZIJA AVARA I SLAVENA NA PROSTORE RIMSKE PROVINCIJE DALMACIJE
EXPANSION OF AVARS AND SLAVS IN THE AREAS OF ROMAN PROVINCE OF DALMATIA

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the VI century there has been intensifiedexpansion of Slavs and Avars in the areas of the former Roman Empire, and thusin the regions of the Roman province of Dalmatia. They were unscrupulouslykilling and looting the existing population and destroying their material goods ofevery kind on a mass scale. The expansion of Avars and Slavs marked thebeginning of the destruction and complete suppression of all the achievements ofancient culture and civilization. Both first came to the regions of the Romanprovince of Pannonia, and then, a little later, on the areas of the province ofDalmatia. The Avar conquest of Sirmium, a strategically important town in47Ekspanzija Avara i Slavena na prostore rimske provincije DalmacijePannonia, opened the path to joint Avar-Slavic tribes for their breakthrough intothe areas of Roman province of Dalmatia. During their expansion many cities onthe territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the present-day Croatiancoastal area and in part of present-day western Serbia, have been destroyed. Withconquering of Salona, the capital of the province of Dalmatia, Avars and Slavshave achieved their ultimate goal.

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