Moesia Inferior

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Moesia Inferior was a Roman province located in the lower Danube region, roughly corresponding to parts of modern-day Bulgaria and Romania.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moesia Inferior canonical 5
Lower Moesia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
historical region
administrativeLevel provincia
borderedBy Black Sea
Moesia Superior
linked to: Moesia

Thracia
linked to: Thrace
capital Durostorum
Marcianopolis
Tomis
coastlineOn Black Sea
correspondsTo parts of modern Bulgaria
parts of modern Romania
createdUnder Domitian
dividedFrom Moesia
divisionDate late 1st century AD
ethnicGroups Getae
Greeks
Romans
Thracians
existedUntil late 3rd century AD
facedRaidsFrom Carpi
Dacians
linked to: Dacian tribes

Goths
Sarmatians
garrisonedBy Roman legions
linked to: Roman legion
governedBy imperial legate
hadLegion Legio I Italica
Legio V Macedonica
Legio XI Claudia
linked to: Legio XI
importantCity Durostorum
Marcianopolis
Noviodunum
Odessos
Tomis
Tropaeum Traiani
languageUsed Ancient Greek
Latin
laterReorganizedAs Moesia Secunda
Scythia Minor
locatedIn Balkans
locatedOn lower Danube
militaryZone Danubian limes
linked to: limes Danubianus
partOf Roman Empire
provinceType imperial province
religionPracticed Roman paganism
early Christianity
riverBoundary Danube
usedCurrency Roman denarius
linked to: denarius

Roman sestertius

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Moesia dividedInto Moesia Inferior
Decius deathRegion Moesia Inferior
Oescus locatedIn Moesia Inferior
Durostorum locatedIn Lower Moesia
linked to: Moesia Inferior
Scythia Minor neighboringRegion Moesia Inferior