Moesia

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ancient Roman province

Moesia was an ancient Roman province located in the Balkans along the Danube River, encompassing parts of present-day Serbia and Bulgaria.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman province ⓘ
administrativeStatus	senatorial and imperial province at different times ⓘ
borderedBy	Dacia ⓘ Macedon ⓘ surface form: Macedonia (Roman province) Pannonia ⓘ Thrace ⓘ
capital	Naissus ⓘ Viminacium ⓘ
conqueredBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
conqueredUnder	Augustus ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
createdAsProvince	1st century AD ⓘ
dividedInto	Moesia Inferior ⓘ Moesia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Moesia Superior
divisionOccurred	under Domitian ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ mining ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Greeks ⓘ Illyrians ⓘ Romans ⓘ Thracians ⓘ
garrisonedBy	Roman legion ⓘ surface form: Roman legions
hasArchaeologicalSites	Novae archaeological site ⓘ Viminacium archaeological park ⓘ
importantCity	Durostorum ⓘ Naissus ⓘ Novae ⓘ Oescus ⓘ Ratiaria ⓘ Singidunum ⓘ Viminacium ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
laterPartOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ
locatedAlong	Danube ⓘ surface form: Danube River
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ
militaryRole	Danube limes ⓘ surface form: Danubian limes frontier province ⓘ
modernCountryTerritory	Bulgaria ⓘ Serbia ⓘ
partOf	Illyricum prefecture ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Roman paganism ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo	parts of modern Bulgaria ⓘ parts of modern Serbia ⓘ
wasSceneOf	Gothic invasions ⓘ Sarmatian incursions ⓘ

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

Roman emperor Constantine the Great → birthPlace → Moesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine the Great

Constantinus Magnus → birthPlace → Moesia ⓘ

Illyricum → borderedBy → Moesia ⓘ

Naissus, in the Roman province of Moesia (modern Niš, Serbia) → countryDuringRomanPeriod → Moesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Naissus

Moesia → dividedInto → Moesia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moesia Superior

Bulgarian schism → hasHistoricalRegion → Moesia ⓘ

Naissus, in the Roman province of Moesia (modern Niš, Serbia) → laterProvince → Moesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Naissus

this entity surface form: Moesia Superior

Gothic War → locatedIn → Moesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Danubian frontier

Naissus, in the Roman province of Moesia (modern Niš, Serbia) → locatedIn → Moesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Naissus

this entity surface form: Roman province of Moesia

Naissus → partOf → Moesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moesia Superior

Licinius → placeOfBirth → Moesia ⓘ