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The Roman epoch began in Slovakia in 6 CE, inaugurated by the arrival of Roman legions on this territory that led to a war against the Marcomanni and Quadi tribes. The Kingdom of Vannius , a barbarian kingdom founded by the Quadi, existed in western and central Slovakia from 20 to 50 AD.
The Roman Catholic faction of Slovak politicians led by Father Andrej Hlinka focused on small undertakings among the Slovak public and, shortly before the war, established a political party named the Slovak People's Party.
The small Roman forts in Závod and Suchohrad in the Morava river region indicate an attempt to penetrate toward northern Bohemia-Moravia and the Oder river, and perhaps into southern Poland. [54] [55] A Roman fort from the period of the Marcomannic wars has been excavated in Stupava near Bratislava. Discoveries include documents, ceramics ...
History of Slovakia before the Slovaks; O. Osi (tribe) S. Slovakia in the Roman era; V. Vannius This page was last edited on 22 August 2024, at 18:08 (UTC ...
Slovakia, [a] officially the Slovak Republic, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population ...
Bratislava (Hungarian: Pozsony, German: Preßburg/Pressburg), currently the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city, has existed for about a thousand years. . Because of the city's strategic geographical location, it was an important European hub due to its proximity to the advanced cultures of the Mediterranean and the Orient as well as its link to the rest of Europe, which were ...
The architecture of Slovakia has a long, rich and diverse history. Besides Roman ruins (as in the military camp of Gerulata ), Slovakia hosts several Romanesque and Gothic castles and churches, most notably Spiš Castle , which were built at the time of the Kingdom of Hungary .
Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad, IPA: [ˈbracislawskiː ˈɦrat] ⓘ; German: Pressburger Burg; Hungarian: Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians , directly above the Danube river ...