Pannonians: identity-perceptions from the late Iron Age to later antiquity
This paper discusses ancient Pannonian identity-narratives and their transformations until Late Antiquity. As far as we know, Pannonian identity first appears in the written sources as an outsider's depiction of the indigenous communities living in what will become Roman southern Pannonia and northern Dalmatia. After the Roman conquest, the narratives of Pannonianess become more complex and develop into what we can today see as a set of different outside labels, and internal self-perceptions relating to the Roman province(s) of Pannonia, their regions, and individual communities. The focal point is Pannonian narratives from the southern parts of the province. This is more an outline of the different identity-narratives rather than a full and thorough exploration of all available sources.