Roman province of Dardania
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The Roman province of Dardania was a late Roman administrative region in the central Balkans, roughly corresponding to parts of modern Kosovo, southern Serbia, and northern North Macedonia.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman province
ⓘ
late Roman administrative region ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Naissus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSitesInclude |
Naissus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scupi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulpiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Macedonia (Roman province)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moesia Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ Praevalitana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Naissus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFrom | Moesia Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | Roman currency ⓘ |
| establishedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| establishedUnder |
Diocletianic–Constantinian provincial reforms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonymDerivedFrom | Illyrian tribe of the Dardani ⓘ |
| existedDuring | Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Roman provincial governor ⓘ |
| hasModernTerritoryIn |
Republic of Kosovo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOverlap |
Kosovo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raška NERFINISHED ⓘ Skopje region ⓘ |
| integratedInto | Roman road network ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mineral resources
ⓘ
strategic position on Balkan routes ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Balkans ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Naissus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scupi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulpiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | frontier defense in central Balkans ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dardani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Balkan Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Dacia NERFINISHED ⓘ Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousInhabitedBy | Dardani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity (late Roman period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo |
modern Kosovo
ⓘ
northern North Macedonia ⓘ southern Serbia ⓘ |
| successorPolity | Byzantine Empire (as administrative heir in region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terrain |
interior Balkan highlands
ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.