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The Upper Pannonia or Pannonia Superior was ancient Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 province. It was formed in the year 103
103

Events...
 AD. Upper Pannonia included parts of present-day Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
, Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
, and Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
.

of the important cities in Upper Pannonia were: Siscia (today Sisak
Sisak

Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2001 was 52,236 and it is the administrative centre of Sisak-Moslavina county....
), Poetovio (today Ptuj
Ptuj

Ptuj is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. It is situated in Lower Styria , and has about 23,000 inhabitants.It is a colorful city with a diverse nightlife....
), Iovia Botivo (today Ludbreg
Ludbreg

Ludbreg is a town in Croatia, located halfway between Vara?din and Koprivnica near the river Drava. It has 3,465 inhabitants, and a total of 8,668 in the entire municipality ....
), Aquae Balissae (today Daruvar
Daruvar

Daruvar is a town in central Croatia, population 9,815 , total municipality population 13,243 .Daruvar is a spa town, located in the western part of the Croatian plains, on the foothills of the fruitful Papuk mountain, with wine tradition longer than 2200 years, and along the fertile Toplica river....
), Servitium/Serbinum
Serbinum

Serbinum was an ancient Roman city in the Pannonia province. It was situated in the location of present-day Gradi?ka in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
 (today Gradiška
Gradiška

Gradi?ka is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gradi?ka is situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity and is one of the eastern most municipalities of the Bosanska Krajina region....
), Andautonia (today Šcitarjevo
Šcitarjevo

?citarjevo is a settlement officially in the Town of Velika Gorica, Croatia, located near the Zagreb bypass and the recently built Homeland Bridge....
), Savaria (today Szombathely
Szombathely

Szombathely, is a city in Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria....
), Scarbantia (today Sopron
Sopron

Sopron ; , , Latin language: Scarbantia) is a city in Hungary near the Austrian border.HistoryAncient times-13th century...
), Arrabona (today Gyor
Gyor

Gyor is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Gyor-Moson-Sopron and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna....
), Vindobona (today Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
), etc.

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The Upper Pannonia or Pannonia Superior was ancient Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 province. It was formed in the year 103
103

Events...
 AD. Upper Pannonia included parts of present-day Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
, Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
, and Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
.

Cities

Some of the important cities in Upper Pannonia were: Siscia (today Sisak
Sisak

Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2001 was 52,236 and it is the administrative centre of Sisak-Moslavina county....
), Poetovio (today Ptuj
Ptuj

Ptuj is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. It is situated in Lower Styria , and has about 23,000 inhabitants.It is a colorful city with a diverse nightlife....
), Iovia Botivo (today Ludbreg
Ludbreg

Ludbreg is a town in Croatia, located halfway between Vara?din and Koprivnica near the river Drava. It has 3,465 inhabitants, and a total of 8,668 in the entire municipality ....
), Aquae Balissae (today Daruvar
Daruvar

Daruvar is a town in central Croatia, population 9,815 , total municipality population 13,243 .Daruvar is a spa town, located in the western part of the Croatian plains, on the foothills of the fruitful Papuk mountain, with wine tradition longer than 2200 years, and along the fertile Toplica river....
), Servitium/Serbinum
Serbinum

Serbinum was an ancient Roman city in the Pannonia province. It was situated in the location of present-day Gradi?ka in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
 (today Gradiška
Gradiška

Gradi?ka is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gradi?ka is situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity and is one of the eastern most municipalities of the Bosanska Krajina region....
), Andautonia (today Šcitarjevo
Šcitarjevo

?citarjevo is a settlement officially in the Town of Velika Gorica, Croatia, located near the Zagreb bypass and the recently built Homeland Bridge....
), Savaria (today Szombathely
Szombathely

Szombathely, is a city in Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria....
), Scarbantia (today Sopron
Sopron

Sopron ; , , Latin language: Scarbantia) is a city in Hungary near the Austrian border.HistoryAncient times-13th century...
), Arrabona (today Gyor
Gyor

Gyor is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Gyor-Moson-Sopron and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna....
), Vindobona (today Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
), etc.

Later usage

From cca. 796 to 828/830 Upper Pannonia, as a territory under Frankish influence, referred to present-day western Hungary, i.e. to Pannonia to the north of the Drava (and to the east of Carantania and Krain). From 828/830 onwards, Upper Pannonia referred to Pannonia to the north of the Rába
Rába

The R?ba is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a tributary of the Danube. Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur....
 River and to the east of Tulln. The name can be found even much later in a similar, but wider, meaning. E.g. Otto von Freising (Chron. 6, 15) uses it to refer to Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 (i.e. Austria proper) in the 12th century.

See also

  • Pannonia
    Pannonia

    Pannonia is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia....
  • Roman provinces
  • Roman Empire
    Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....


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