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Throughout history, the territory of present day Vojvodina has been a part of Dacia, the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Gepid Kingdom, the Avar Khanate, the Frankish Kingdom, the Pannonian Croatia, the Great Moravia, the Bulgarian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Since 2006, Vojvodina is part of an independent Serbia (It should be noted that historical name of Vojvodina between 1849 and 1860 was Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat. Vojvodina in 1918 united with the Kingdom of Serbia, and in 1945 with the People's Republic of Serbia).

During Roman rule, Sirmium (today's Sremska Mitrovica) was one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire and six Roman Emperors were born in this city or in its surroundings. The city was also the capital of several Roman administrative units, including the Lower Pannonia, the Pannonia Secunda, the Diocese of Pannonia, and the Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum. Roman rule lasted until the 5th century, after which the region came into the possession of various peoples and states.

Slavs (including Serbs) settled today's Vojvodina in the 6th and 7th centuries.



Today there are more than 26 different nationalities living together in peace and prosperity, each having unique cultural influence and most speaking their own minority languages.

During recent political situation in Serbia some nationalistic and intolerant political streams tried to cause hate and colision among people of Vojvodina, and they are still trying...and trying...

But let me explain,
philosophy of people in this plain is -
Let me be,
They live humbly and slowly their life and they let others live their lives as they wish,
They are nice, tolerant and peaceful.
They love the earth which feeds them, and the widest sky that shelters them.
They never were soldiers and warmakers,
They always were field workers and bread makers.
This could be heaven...and one day I hope it will be, for all those great children and people that respect each other here...

I love this plain more than anything 'cause I was born here, I love this sky and lazy rivers, forests and nature, but I don't like people who try to destroy this beauty. I hope they'll never succeede.

One of greatest poets here was Mika Antic, so here are some of his verses, please read this slowly :)

Lullaby

This world,
Truly, isn't so evil and mean,
although someone cries,
dwells in solitude,
and worries.
Everywhere dusk falls equaly down on old roofs.
For someone the sun will shine tomorrow,
but someone just won't see the light.
I love to see everyone fullfilled,
and I believe endlessly that
at dawn we'll all breath easier.
I close my eyes and dream, secretly,
this warm, shinny, morning made of wind and grass
that dances above the tree tops.
Surely, the most important thing is,
and above all,
to make a kiss for every cheek in the world.
And when you are tired like a dog,
and in your darkest hour,
that you're able to color your pillow with hope.
This is also important,
the most important of all,
when you treasure such beauty inside you,
to pack sickretly at least a tinny bit of it
in a letter, and send it to the whole world.
Then your time on this earth will be less gray and bad,
with less worries and less sad,
less tears and solitude.
And every time when you give the world a little piece of yourself
You'll be able to say that world now looks more like you!