Moesia Inferior

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Moesia Inferior was a Roman province located in the lower Danube region, roughly corresponding to parts of modern-day Bulgaria and Romania.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moesia Inferior canonical 5
Lower Moesia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
historical region
administrativeLevel provincia
borderedBy Black Sea
Moesia
surface form: Moesia Superior

Thrace
surface form: Thracia
capital Durostorum
Marcianopolis
Tomis
coastlineOn Black Sea
correspondsTo parts of modern Bulgaria
parts of modern Romania
createdUnder Domitian
dividedFrom Moesia
divisionDate late 1st century AD
ethnicGroups Getae
Greeks
Romans
Thracians
existedUntil late 3rd century AD
facedRaidsFrom Carpi
Dacian tribes
surface form: Dacians

Goths
Sarmatians
garrisonedBy Roman legion
surface form: Roman legions
governedBy imperial legate
hadLegion Legio I Italica
Legio V Macedonica
Legio XI
surface form: Legio XI Claudia
importantCity Durostorum
Marcianopolis
Noviodunum
Odessos
Tomis
Adamclisi Tropaeum Traiani monument
surface form: Tropaeum Traiani
languageUsed Ancient Greek
Latin
laterReorganizedAs Moesia Secunda
Scythia Minor
locatedIn Balkans
locatedOn Danube (lower reaches near Silistra)
surface form: lower Danube
militaryZone limes Danubianus
surface form: Danubian limes
partOf Roman Empire
provinceType imperial province
religionPracticed Roman paganism
early Christianity
riverBoundary Danube
usedCurrency denarius
surface form: Roman denarius

Roman sestertius

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moesia dividedInto Moesia Inferior
Decius deathRegion Moesia Inferior
Oescus locatedIn Moesia Inferior
Durostorum locatedIn Moesia Inferior
this entity surface form: Lower Moesia
Scythia Minor neighboringRegion Moesia Inferior