The ancient map of Slovenia shows evolutions of Slovenia. This historical map of Slovenia will allow you to travel in the past and in the history of Slovenia in Southern Europe. The Slovenia ancient map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

The first phase of Slavic settlement in the ancient territory of modern Slovenia is dated around the year 550 and originated in the area of modern Moravia (i.e., the West Slavic speaking branch). From there Slavs moved southward into the territory of the former Roman province of Noricum (modern Upper and Lower Austria regions). Subsequently, they progressed along the valleys of Alpine rivers towards the Karawanken range and towards the settlement of Poetovio (modern Ptuj) as you can see the Ancient Slovenia map. The second phase of Slavic settlement took place after Langobards had retreated into Northern Italy in 568. Slavs eventually occupied the depopulated territory with the help of their Avar overlords. In 588 they reached the area of the Upper Sava river and in 591 they arrived to the Upper Drava region where they soon fought with the Bavarians. In 592 the Bavarians were victorious, but in 595 the Slavic-Avar army gained a decisive victory and thus consolidated the boundary between the Frankish and Avar territories.

Between 623-626, Western and Southern Slavic tribes were united under Samo Tribal Union, which may have extended from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea as its shown in the Ancient Slovenia map. Its purpose was to defend the Slavs from the Bavarians, the Langobards and the Avars. It collapsed due to the death of Samo (658) and the disconnection of any existing link between western and southern Slavs. Although the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum, written in Salzburg around 870, says that Samo was a ruler over the Carantanians and that the centre of his realm was in Carantania, according to Czech and Slovak historians the view that Samo realm included the area of today Slovenia and Carinthia is definitely obsolete. The mediaeval author may well have confused "Carantania" with Carnuntum near the Slovak border, a mix-up of similar names not uncommon in the Middle Ages. Besides, at that time the Slavs in the ancient territory of Slovenia were still under the sovereignty of the Langobards.

The Frankish margraviate passed to the Holy Roman Empire as the duchies of Carinthia, Carniola and Styria in 975 as its mentioned in the Ancient Slovenia map. The Slovenes living in these provinces lived under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty from the 14th century until 1918, with the exception of Napoleon 4-year tutelage of parts of modern-day Slovenia and Croatia — the "Illyrian provinces", and the Ottoman management of the region of Prekmurje for approximately 150 year. While the elites of these regions mostly became Germanized, the peasants strongly resisted Germanization influences and retained their unique Slavic language and culture. A major step towards the social and cultural emancipation of the Slovenes happened during the Reformation, when Primož Trubar published the first printed books in the Slovene language (Catechism and Abecedarium, 1550 in Tübingen, Germany). Protestant publishing in Slovene culminated in a full translation of the Bible by (Jurij Dalmatin, Wittenberg 1584).