Cattaro

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Was a Dalmatian city-state, one of the localities where the local Roman population survived the Barbarian invasions after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 400s CE. We assume that they become de facto independent after the conquest of Dalmatia by Odoacer in 480.

Establishment

January 481: Cattaro was one of the localities where the local Romance population survived the Barbarian invasions after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 400s CE. Phersu Atlas Assumption: we assume that they become de facto indipendent after the conquest of Dalmatia by Odoacer in 480.

Chronology

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1. Independence of Roman centers in Dalmatia

Several important cities in Dalmatia became factually independent after the end of the Western Roman Empire.

2. Hungarian invasions of Europe

The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

January 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south.

February 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south. After the ride they left these territories.

Disestablishment

January 1155: Traditional foundation of Bosnia.

Selected Sources

Jackson, T.G. (1887): Dalmatia : the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado, Robarts - University of Toronto, pp. 14-16

Leyser, K. (1982): Medieval Germany and its neighbours, 900-1250, London (UK), p. 50

Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543