Gordopolis Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Nice article looking at the Roman armies stationed in Pannonia. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1868/legions-of-pannonia/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 (edited) Interesting article. I have a poor understanding of the history of this section of the Empire, despite the Roman presence there for more than four centuries. What the article refers to as the “Pannonian revolt,” I know as the Great Illyrian revolt. (It’s also referred to as the Pannonian-Dalmatian revolt. The Romans referred to the conflict as Bellum Batonianum or Batonian War named after to leaders of the revolt.) Here is a wonderful video on the conflict The geography in that area, which includes the Danube river, is confusing for me. Map of the modern Dunube river and surrounding territories. For me, at least, the difficulty is distinguishing between the two provinces of Pannonia and Dalmatia. Together, these two provinces formed the previous province of Illyricum, which had been divided sometime after the Great Illyrian revolt (6-9 AD). Here’s a great video explaining the history of Roman Pannonia The article mentions four legions in Pannonia. Quote In his The Complete Roman Legions, historian Nigel Pollard places four legions permanently in Pannonia: Legio X Gemina Legio XIV Gemina Legio I Adiutrix Legio II Adiutrix The video above describes six of the legions on the frontier: Vindobona : Vienna, Austria Carnuntum : halfway between Vienna and Bratislava, Austria Aquincum: Budapest, Hungary Brigetio: Szőny Hungary Singidunum : Belgrade, Serbia Vinimdacium: Kostalac, Eastern Serbia Edited November 5, 2021 by guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 6:13 PM, guy said: Interesting article. I have a poor understanding of the history of this section of the Empire, despite the Roman presence there for more than four centuries. What the article refers to as the “Pannonian revolt,” I know as the Great Illyrian revolt. (It’s also referred to as the Pannonian-Dalmatian revolt. The Romans referred to the conflict as Bellum Batonianum or Batonian War named after to leaders of the revolt.) Here is a wonderful video on the conflict The geography in that area, which includes the Danube river, is confusing for me. Map of the modern Dunube river and surrounding territories. For me, at least, the difficulty is distinguishing between the two provinces of Pannonia and Dalmatia. Together, these two provinces formed the previous province of Illyricum, which had been divided sometime after the Great Illyrian revolt (6-9 AD). Here’s a great video explaining the history of Roman Pannonia The article mentions four legions in Pannonia. The video above describes six of the legions on the frontier: Vindobona : Vienna, Austria Carnuntum : halfway between Vienna and Bratislava, Austria Aquincum: Budapest, Hungary Brigetio: Szőny Hungary Singidunum : Belgrade, Serbia Vinimdacium: Kostalac, Eastern Serbia Thanks, @guy that's some really helpful additional info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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