Mursa Major

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Mursa Major was an important Roman city in the province of Pannonia, located on the River Drava in what is now Osijek, Croatia.

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Label Occurrences
Mursa Major canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman city
archaeologicalRemainsAt Osijek
battleBelligerent Constantius II
Magnentius
battleDate 351 AD
currencyUsed Roman antoninianus
linked to: antoninianus

Roman denarius
declinePeriod Late Antiquity
elevatedToColonyUnder Emperor Hadrian
linked to: Hadrian
foundedBy Romans
foundedInCentury 1st century AD
functionedAs administrative center
commercial center
military center
hadEcclesiasticalStatus bishopric
hadInfrastructure amphitheatre
baths
bridge over the Drava
fortifications
forum
hadMunicipalStatus colonia
hasAlternativeName Colonia Aelia Mursa
Mursa
hasLatinName Mursa
locatedIn Pannonia
Roman Empire
locatedInPresentDay Croatia
Osijek
locatedNear border of Pannonia and Moesia
locatedOn Drava River
linked to: Drava

River Drava
linked to: Drava
modernCountry Croatia
nearRiverConfluence Drava and Danube
linked to: Drava
partOf Danubian limes system
linked to: Danube limes
partOfProvince Pannonia
Pannonia Inferior
regionToday Slavonia
religionPracticed Roman paganism
early Christianity
riverSystem Danube basin
linked to: Danube River basin
status Roman colony
strategicImportance controlled crossing of the Drava River
key military base on Danubian frontier
sufferedFrom Hunnic raids
barbarian invasions
usedLanguage Greek (in inscriptions)
Latin
wasSceneOf Battle of Mursa Major

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Battle of Mursa Major location Mursa Major