Moesia Superior

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Moesia Superior was a Roman imperial province located in the central Balkans along the Danube, encompassing parts of modern-day Serbia and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moesia Superior canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
historical region
administrativeDivisionType imperial province
borderedBy Dacia NERFINISHED
Dalmatia NERFINISHED
Moesia Inferior NERFINISHED
Pannonia NERFINISHED
Thrace NERFINISHED
capital Viminacium NERFINISHED
country Roman Empire
createdBy Domitian NERFINISHED
dividedFrom Moesia NERFINISHED
established c. 86 CE
ethnicGroup Illyrians NERFINISHED
Romans NERFINISHED
Thracians NERFINISHED
existedDuring 1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
early 4th century CE
frontierType Danubian limes NERFINISHED
function frontier province
governedBy legatus Augusti pro praetore
hadLegion Legio I Italica NERFINISHED
Legio IV Flavia Felix NERFINISHED
Legio VII Claudia NERFINISHED
hadLegionaryBase Singidunum NERFINISHED
Viminacium NERFINISHED
languageUsed Latin
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Balkans
locatedInPresentDay Bulgaria NERFINISHED
Kosovo NERFINISHED
North Macedonia NERFINISHED
Romania NERFINISHED
Serbia NERFINISHED
locatedOn Danube River NERFINISHED
majorCity Horreum Margi NERFINISHED
Naissus NERFINISHED
Ratiaria NERFINISHED
Remesiana NERFINISHED
Scupi NERFINISHED
Singidunum NERFINISHED
Ulpiana NERFINISHED
Viminacium NERFINISHED
namedAfter Moesi NERFINISHED
partOf Moesia NERFINISHED
religion Roman polytheism
reorganizedInto Dacia Ripensis NERFINISHED
Dardania NERFINISHED
Moesia Prima NERFINISHED
strategicRole defense against Dacians
defense against Goths
defense against Sarmatians

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Referenced by (2)

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

Legio IV Flavia Felix province Moesia Superior