Moesia Secunda

E801976

Moesia Secunda was a late Roman province in the Balkans, formed from the reorganization of earlier Moesian territories and strategically located along the lower Danube frontier.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moesia Secunda canonical 3
Moesia II 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf late Roman province ⓘ
borderedBy Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
capital Marcianopolis ⓘ
containsCity Dorostolon ⓘ
Durostorum ⓘ
Marcianopolis ⓘ
containsFort Danubian limes forts ⓘ
createdInCentury 4th century ⓘ
createdInPeriod Tetrarchic reforms ⓘ
existedDuring 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
formedFrom Moesia Inferior ⓘ
earlier Moesian territories ⓘ
garrisonedBy Roman army ⓘ
comitatenses ⓘ
limitanei ⓘ
hasLanguage Latin (administrative) ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity (late Roman period) ⓘ
hasRole Danubian frontier defense ⓘ
linked to: Danubian frontier
hasStrategicImportance defense of approaches to Thrace and Constantinople ⓘ
protection of lower Danube crossings ⓘ
hasType frontier province ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
locatedInModernCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedInRegion Moesia ⓘ
locatedOn lower Danube ⓘ
linked to: Lower Danube
partOf Danubian provinces ⓘ
Diocese of Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thraciae Diocese

Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Praetorian Prefecture of the East ⓘ
predecessor Moesia Inferior ⓘ
recordedInSource Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ
reorganizedUnder Diocletian ⓘ
subordinateTo vicarius of Thrace ⓘ
successor Byzantine themes in the Balkans ⓘ
threatenedBy Avars ⓘ
Goths ⓘ
Huns ⓘ
Slavs ⓘ
underAuthorityOf praeses ⓘ
provincial governor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Moesia Inferior → laterReorganizedAs → Moesia Secunda ⓘ
Thraciae Diocese → hasProvince → Moesia II ⓘ
linked to: Moesia Secunda
Marcianopolis → capitalOf → Moesia Secunda ⓘ