Caranthanians
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Caranthanians (Latin Quarantani, Slovenian Karantanci) were the Alpine Slavs of the early Middle Ages (Latin Sclavi qui dicuntur Quarantani, Slavs called Caranthanians).
After the disintegration of Samo's realm, they established the duchy of Caranthania (independent from 660 to 745, partly independent to 820), in the Eastern Alps. They were one of the ancestors of modern Slovenians.
Caranthanians were also the first Slavic people who accepted Christianity from the West. At the beginning of 9th century they settled also Pannonia inferior or Lower Pannonia, so the name Caranthanians spread there too (Latin Carantanorum regio, 819). The name Caranthanians (Quarantani) lasts until the 13th century.
They spoke a Slavic language and lived in Slavic "župas", parts of early Middle Ages duchies, and zadrugas, joint families. Mysterious Kosezes (Kasazes, Lat. at first Kosentzez, German Edlinger (noble people), Lombardian Arimanni (members of a special warrior class)) were a subject of much debate. They were probably a private army of the Caranthanian duke.
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