 In the time of Augustus all the region from Aemona to Kolpa river belonged to the province of Savia.After the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476), Carniola was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy, and (493) under Theodoric it formed part of the Ostrogothic kingdom.Between the upper Sava and the Soča rivers lived the Carni, and towards the end of the sixth century Slavs settled the region called by Latin writers "Carnia", or "Carniola" meaning, "little Carnia", i.e., part of greater Carnia.