Formation of the Lower Danube provinces (Moesia and Thrace) (1st century BCE–2nd century CE)

1. Crassus secures Lower Danube after Balkan campaign

   Jan 1, 28 BCELabels: Marcus Licinius, Moesia, Balkan campaign

   • Britannica Moesia
   • Crassus 30 BC

2. Thrace becomes a Roman client kingdom

   Jan 1, 20 BCELabels: Thrace, Odrysian-Sapaean dynasty, Client kingdom

   • Thracia
   • Thraco Roman

3. Moesia organized as a separate frontier province

   Jan 1, 6Labels: Moesia, Roman prefect, Danube frontier

   • Britannica Moesia

4. Moesia fully separated during Macedonia’s redivision

   Jan 1, 46Labels: Moesia, Macedonia redivision, Roman province

   • Britannica Moesia

5. Claudius annexes Thrace as the province of Thracia

   Jan 1, 46Labels: Claudius, Thracia, Annexation

   • Thracia

6. Via Militaris links Danube and Thrace to the capital

   Jan 1, 50Labels: Via Militaris, Byzantium route, Balkans road

   • Via Militaris
   • Philippopolis

7. Nero creates Legio I Italica for frontier warfare

   Sep 22, 66Labels: Legio I, Nero, Novae

   • Legio I Italica
   • Livius I Italica

8. Domitian splits Moesia into Upper and Lower provinces

   Jan 1, 86Labels: Domitian, Moesia Superior, Moesia Inferior

   • Britannica Moesia
   • RGZM IEN

9. Trajan begins Dacian Wars from the Moesian frontier

   Jan 1, 101Labels: Trajan, Dacian Wars, Moesia Inferior

   • Dacian Wars
   • First Dacian War

10. Trajan founds Nicopolis ad Istrum after Danube victories

    Jan 1, 102Labels: Nicopolis ad, Trajan, Planned city

    • Nicopolis ad Istrum
    • Nicopolis DE

11. Trajan builds a permanent bridge over the lower Danube

    Jan 1, 105Labels: Trajan, Apollodorus of, Danube bridge

    • Trajan s Bridge

12. Rome annexes Dacia, reshaping Lower Danube administration

    Jan 1, 106Labels: Dacia, Trajan, Moesian reorganization

    • Second Dacian War
    • Dacian Wars

13. Hadrian consolidates the Danube frontier and provincial boundaries

    Jan 1, 136Labels: Hadrian, Danube frontier, Provincial boundaries

    • RGZM IEN
    • Thracia

14. Late 2nd century boundary shifts place Danube cities in Moesia

    Jan 1, 199Labels: Moesia Inferior, Thrace boundary, Danube cities

    • Thracia