Upper Pannonia

Upper Pannonia province of the Roman Empire ← 2nd century–3rd century →   → Upper Pannonia (Pannonia Superior) map Capital Carnuntum History  -  Established 2nd century  -  Disestablished 3rd century Today part of Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Hungary Slovakia Slovenia

The Upper Pannonia or Pannonia Superior was ancient Roman province with the capital Carnuntum. It was formed in the year 103 AD. Upper Pannonia included parts of present-day Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovakia.

Cities

Some of the important cities in Upper Pannonia were:

• Siscia (today Sisak)
• Poetovio (today Ptuj)
• Iovia Botivo (today Ludbreg)
• Aquae Balissae (today Daruvar)
• Servitium/Serbinum (today Gradiška)
• Andautonia (today Ščitarjevo)
• Savaria (today Szombathely)
• Scarbantia (today Sopron)
• Arrabona (today Győr)
• Vindobona (today Vienna)

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 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 (i.e. Austria proper) in the 12th century.

See also

• Pannonia
• Roman provinces
• Roman Empire

External links

• Roman Empire - Pannonia
• Pannonia Superior - Map