page_title: History of Dalmatia
section_title: Southern Dalmatia
hierarchical_section_title: History of Dalmatia / Middle Ages / Southern Dalmatia
caption_attribution_description: English: South Adriatiac Sclavinias.Hrvatski: Južnojadranske sklavinije.Српски / srpski: Јужнојадранске склавиније.
context_page_description: The History of Dalmatia concerns the history of the area that covers eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and its inland regions, from the 2nd century BC up to the present day.
  The earliest mention of Dalmatia as a province came after its establishment as part of the Roman Empire. Dalmatia was ravaged by barbaric tribes in the beginning of the 4th century. Slavs settled in the area in the 6th century, the White Croats settled Dalmatia the following century. In 1527 the Kingdom of Croatia became a Habsburg crown land, in 1812 the Kingdom of Dalmatia is formed. In 1918, Dalmatia was a part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After World War II, Dalmatia became part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in SR Croatia.
context_section_description: The area of Southern Dalmatia was divided among four small principalities called Pagania, Zahumlje, Travunia and Duklja. Pagania was a minor duchy between Cetina and Neretva. The territories of Zahumlje and Travunia spread much further inland than the current borders of Dalmatia. Duklja (the Roman Doclea) began south of Dubrovnik and spread down to the Skadar Lake.
caption: Pagania, Zahumlje, Travunia, and Duklja were located in the southern part of the former Roman province of Dalmatia.
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