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The oldest known remains of the settlement in Maribor are from around the 5th millennium B.C. With the construction of a bypass, even larger payments were discovered dating from 44 to 42 centuries B.C. New settlements from the same period were located in two towns near Maribor. Spodnje Hoče is one, and another found beneath Melje Hill was another. A fourth settlement was also discovered at Melje Hill and dated back to the 4th millennium B.C.

A more intense settlement in the Maribor area occurred in the 3rd millennium B.C. with the advent of the Bronze Age. In the 13th to 12th century B.C., during the Urnfield culture age, new settlements were found in Pekel. Around 1000 BC, new settlers arrived in the Maribor region. An urnfield cemetery was located when excavations were carried out at present-day Mladinska ulica, and another cemetery was also uncovered in Pobrežje.

The Iron Age and the Hallstatt Culture ushered in an era of new settlements for the time. One such town, Poštela, can be found at 1187 meters above sea level. It was first abandoned in the 6th century B.C. and then resettled again in the 2nd century B.C.

The area that Maribor is located in was once a part of Roman-controlled Noricum, near the border with Pannonia. During these times, wealthy farmers and landowners built their estates known as villae rusticae, which can be seen in modern-day Radvanje, Betnava, and Bohol. The Borova Vas site in the Maribor neighborhood is well known as one of Slovenia’s most important archaeological sites. It’s also significant because it was situated on a major trade route between Celeia and Flavia Solva in one direction and Poetovio and central Noricum in another.