Moesia

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[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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Example Sentences

But they were by no means subdued, and in later times seized every opportunity of crossing the frozen Danube and ravaging the province of Moesia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

In the time of Constantine the Great Thrace and Moesia were again plundered by the Goths, A.D.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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

Theoderic son of Triarius was killed in 481, and in 483 Zeno made peace with Theoderic the Amal, creating him patrician and master of the soldiers, and granting him lands in Dacia and lower Moesia.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

From their first reception into Lower Moesia the Visigoths were subjected to the most contemptuous and oppressive treatment by the Romans who had admitted them into their domains.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)