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Moesia

American  
[mee-shee-uh] / ˈmi ʃi ə /

noun

  1. an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.


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Athanaric and his division of the Visigoths, having become Christians, entered the Empire a few years later and settled in Moesia.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

But no sooner had they reached Moesia than troubles broke out.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

The Sciri, moreover, and the Sadagarii and certain of the Alani with their leader, Candac by name, received Scythia Minor and Lower Moesia.

From The Origin and Deeds of the Goths by Jordanes

About 95 he was military tribune in lower Moesia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

In that year Zeno bethought him of a device for ridding himself of the Ostrogoth, who, though he made no permanent settlement in Moesia or Macedonia, was gradually depopulating the realm by his incursions.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

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