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History of Serbia

55 recorded states lay in what is now Serbia, from the Triballi (500 BCE) to Serbia. 6 of them have a full profile, and 14 outside powers ruled here.

ProfileState (capital or seat)12 without a known seat not shownOpen in the atlas →

Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

6th century BCE

  1. Triballi500 BCE – 29 BCE · tribal confederation

5th century BCE

  1. Autariatae450 BCE – 230 BCE · tribal confederation

4th century BCE

  1. Dardanian Kingdom350 BCE – 28 BCE · kingdom
  2. Moesi300 BCE – 29 BCE · tribal confederation

3rd century BCE

  1. Scordisci279 BCE – 15 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Breuci200 BCE – 9 CE · tribal confederation

1st century BCE

  1. Kingdom of Dacia82 BCE – 106 CE · kingdom

1st century

  1. Iazyges20 CE – 375 CE · nomadic confederation

5th century

  1. Kingdom of the Gepids454 CE – 567 CE · kingdom

6th century

  1. Avar Khaganate567 CE – 822 CE · profile

7th century

  1. First Bulgarian Empire681 CE – 1018 CE · profile

8th century

  1. Timočani700 CE – 818 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Principality of Serbia (early medieval)780 CE – 969 CE · principality

9th century

  1. Duchy of Glad890 CE – 934 CE · duchy
  2. Principality of Hungary895 CE – 1000 CE · principality

10th century

  1. Duchy of Ahtum990 CE – 1028 CE · duchy

11th century

  1. Kingdom of Hungary (1000-1301)1000 CE – 1301 CE · profile
  2. Grand Principality of Serbia1091 CE – 1217 CE · principality

12th century

  1. Second Bulgarian Empire1185 CE – 1396 CE · profile

13th century

  1. Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)1217 CE – 1346 CE · kingdom
  2. Banate of Severin1228 CE – 1524 CE · other
  3. Banate of Macsó1254 CE – 1496 CE · other
  4. Kingdom of Syrmia1282 CE – 1316 CE · kingdom

14th century

  1. Kingdom of Hungary (1301-1526)1301 CE – 1526 CE · profile
  2. Serbian Empire1346 CE – 1371 CE · kingdom
  3. Tsardom of Vidin1356 CE – 1396 CE · kingdom
  4. Lordship of Nikola Altomanović1366 CE – 1373 CE · principality
  5. District of Branković1371 CE – 1412 CE · other
  6. Lordship of Dejanović1371 CE – 1395 CE · principality
  7. Moravian Serbia1371 CE – 1402 CE · principality

15th century

  1. Serbian Despotate1402 CE – 1459 CE · principality

16th century

  1. Kingdom of Hungary (1526-1867)1526 CE – 1867 CE · kingdom
  2. Realm of Jovan Nenad1526 CE – 1527 CE · other
  3. Military Frontier1553 CE – 1881 CE · other

17th century

  1. Kingdom of Slavonia1699 CE – 1868 CE · kingdom

18th century

  1. Banat of Temeswar1718 CE – 1778 CE · other
  2. Pashalik of Vidin1794 CE – 1807 CE · other

19th century

  1. Revolutionary Serbia1804 CE – 1813 CE · other
  2. Principality of Serbia1815 CE – 1882 CE · principality
  3. Serbian Vojvodina1848 CE – 1849 CE · other
  4. Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar1849 CE – 1860 CE · other
  5. Kingdom of Hungary (1867-1918)1867 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom
  6. Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia1868 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom
  7. Kingdom of Serbia1882 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom

20th century

  1. Kingdom of Montenegro1910 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom
  2. Banat Republic1918 CE – 1918 CE · republic
  3. Kingdom of Yugoslavia1918 CE – 1941 CE · profile
  4. Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic1921 CE – 1921 CE · republic
  5. Government of National Salvation1941 CE – 1944 CE · other
  6. Independent State of Croatia1941 CE – 1945 CE · other
  7. Republic of Užice1941 CE – 1941 CE · republic
  8. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1945 CE – 1992 CE · republic
  9. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1992 CE – 2003 CE · republic

21st century

  1. Serbia and Montenegro2003 CE – 2006 CE · republic
  2. Serbia2006 CE – present · republic

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Balkans and Hungary → All country histories →

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Serbia. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/serbia
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“History of Serbia.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/serbia. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of Serbia.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/serbia.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Serbia’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/serbia (Accessed: ).