Moesia

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

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Moesia canonical 44
Moesia Superior 4
Danubian frontier 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

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

Augustan wars hasLocation Moesia