Editing Slavonia (section)

===Prehistory and antiquity===
{{see also|Prehistoric Croatia|Illyria|Illyricum (Roman province)|Pannonia (Roman province)}}
Remnants of several [[Neolithic]] and [[Chalcolithic]] cultures were found in all regions of Croatia,<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Opvscvla Archaeologica Radovi Arheološkog Zavoda|publisher=[[University of Zagreb]], Faculty of Philosophy, Archaeological Department|issn=0473-0992|title=Study of the Neolithic and Eneolithic as reflected in articles published over the 50 years of the journal Opuscula archaeologica|pages=93–122|volume=30|issue=1|date=April 2008|author=Tihomila Težak-Gregl|access-date=15 October 2011|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=34026}}</ref> but most of the sites are found in the river valleys of northern Croatia, including Slavonia. The most significant cultures whose presence was found include the [[Starčevo culture]] whose finds were discovered near [[Slavonski Brod]] and [[Radiocarbon dating|dated]] to 6100–5200&nbsp;[[Anno Domini|BC]],<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Prilozi Instituta Za Arheologiju U Zagrebu|publisher=Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb|issn=1330-0644|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=18453|volume=23|issue=1|date=April 2007|title=Novi radiokarbonski datumi rane starčevačke kulture u Hrvatskoj|trans-title=New Radiocarbon Dates for the Early Starčevo Culture in Croatia|language=hr|author1=Kornelija Minichreiter|author2=Ines Krajcar Bronić|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> the [[Vučedol culture]], the [[Baden culture]] and the [[Kostolac culture]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Opvscvla Archaeologica Radovi Arheološkog Zavoda|publisher=University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Archaeological Department|issn=0473-0992|title=The Kostolac horizon at Vučedol|pages=25–40|volume=29|issue=1|date=December 2005| first = Jacqueline | last = Balen|access-date=15 October 2011|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=26644}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Opvscvla Archaeologica Radovi Arheološkog Zavoda|publisher=University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Archaeological Department|issn=0473-0992|title=Prilog poznavanju neolitičkih obrednih predmeta u neolitiku sjeverne Hrvatske|trans-title=A Contribution to Understanding Neolithic Ritual Objects in the Northern Croatia Neolithic|language= hr|pages=43–48|volume=27|issue=1|date=December 2003|author=Tihomila Težak-Gregl|access-date=15 October 2011|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=8717}}</ref> Most finds attributed to the Baden and Vučedol cultures are discovered in the area near the right bank of the Danube near [[Vukovar]], [[Vinkovci]] and [[Osijek]]. The Baden culture sites in Slavonia are dated to 3600–3300&nbsp;BC,<ref name="Heritage-Baden">{{cite web|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (Croatia)]]|url=http://www.bastina-slavonija.info/TematskeCjeline.aspx?id=75|title=Badenska kultura|trans-title=Baden culture|language=hr|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> and Vučedol culture finds are dated to 3000–2500&nbsp;BC.<ref name="Heritage-Vučedol">{{cite web|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (Croatia)]]|url=http://www.bastina-slavonija.info/TematskeCjeline.aspx?id=8 |title=Vučedolska kultura|trans-title=Vučedol culture|language=hr|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> The [[Iron Age]] left traces of the early [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] [[Hallstatt culture]] and the [[Celts|Celtic]] [[La Tène culture]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Prilozi Instituta Za Arheologiju U Zagrebu|publisher=Institut za arheologiju|issn=1330-0644|volume=19|issue=1|date=July 2002|trans-title=A Contribution to Understanding Continuous Habitation of Vinkovci and its Surroundings in the Early Iron Age|title=Prilog poznavanju naseljenosti Vinkovaca i okolice u starijem željeznom dobu|language=hr|pages=79–100|author1=Hrvoje Potrebica|author2=Marko Dizdar|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=1560|access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> Much later, the region was settled by Illyrians and other tribes, including the [[Pannonii|Pannonians]], who controlled much of present-day Slavonia. Even though archaeological finds of Illyrian settlements are much sparser than in areas closer to the [[Adriatic Sea]], significant discoveries, for instance in [[Kaptol, Požega-Slavonia County|Kaptol]] near [[Požega, Croatia|Požega]] have been made.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Nv6SPRKqs8C|author=John Wilkes|title=The Illyrians|year=1995|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=978-0-631-19807-9|page=57|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> The Pannonians first came into contact with the [[Roman Republic]] in 35 BC, when the Romans conquered Segestica, or modern-day [[Sisak]]. The conquest was completed in 11 BC, when the [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Roman province of Illyricum]] was established, encompassing modern-day Slavonia as well as a vast territory on the right bank of Danube. The province was renamed Pannonia and divided within two decades.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6L49AAAAIAAJ|title=Pannonia and Upper Moesia|author=András Mócsy|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn= 978-0-7100-7714-1|year=1974|access-date=11 March 2012|pages=32–39}}</ref>