Ummandla wangoku wase-Austrian unembali yamawaka eminyaka ngokwempucuko. Kumaxesha angaphambi kwembali amazwe e Ostriya Babenabantu bezizwe ezahlukeneyo ezinemvelaphi yamaCeltic, kuqala abizwa ngokuba ngamaIlrian kwaye emva koko izizwe zaseCeltic zivela emantla. Ama-Illyria ayevela e-Epirus ukuya kunxweme loLwandle lweBaltic, ukusuka kwinto ngoku eyiSwitzerland ukuya ePoland. Nangona babehamba kwiindawo ezininzi, kwakuse-Upper Austria apho baphuhla khona kakhulu, phakathi kokuphela kwexesha leBronze kunye nesiqingatha sokuqala se-Iron Age. Baye babandakanyeka kubugqwirha kwaye balwa kwaye boyiswa ngamaRoma.
NgamaRoma awayebanga ubukumkani bamaCelt ENoricum ukuyenza iphondo ukusukela nge-15 BC Kukho inkolelo yokuba amaRoma abizwa ngokuba yi-Latinic njengo-Noricum igama lakudala leCeltic, uNorig (hayi "njengempuma") kwaye kulapho livela khona igama langoku i-Austria / Osterreich. Xa ubukhosi baseRoma baqala ukuwohloka, izizwe zelinye ilizwe, i-Goth, i-Hun, i-Vandal kunye ne-Lombard zaqala ukuwela imida kwaye xa yawa ngokuqinisekileyo loo ndawo yazaliswa zii-Avars, i-Slavs kunye ne-Bavarians.
Ngaphezulu kweenkulungwane abantu baseBavaria baqala ukwehla iDanube benyuka iAlps kwaye kule nkqubo iAustria yaba lilizwe elithetha isiJamani. IiCarolingians zazibalawula, besenza iduchy ye- Ubukhosi obungcwele baseRoma baseJamani kwaye kwakumaXesha Aphakathi ubukhosi baseCarolingian obabuhlala kulo mmandla. Kuqala ii-Babenbergs ezithathe amandla emva koko IHabsburgokanye bahlala naye kangangeenkulungwane ezinde, de kwaba sekupheleni kweMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala.