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Moesia
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Roman Moesia in 250 AD, divided into the provinces of Moesia Superior to the west and Moesia Inferior to the east
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thumb|350px|Roman Moesia in 250 AD, divided into the provinces of Moesia Superior to the west and Moesia Inferior to the east
Moesia (; Latin: Moesia; ) was a Roman province situated in the Haemus Peninsula, south of the Danube River. Created after the Danubian-Hæmus conquest during the reign of Augustus, Moesia included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Albania, northern parts of North Macedonia (Moesia Superior), Northern Bulgaria, Northern Dobruja and small parts of Southern Ukraine (Moesia Inferior).
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