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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.


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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).

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Here’s a great video explaining the history of Roman Pannonia

The article mentions four legions in Pannonia.

 

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In his The Complete Roman Legions, historian Nigel Pollard places four legions permanently in Pannonia:

 

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The video above describes six of the legions on the frontier:

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Vindobona : Vienna, Austria

Carnuntum : halfway between Vienna and Bratislava, Austria

Aquincum: Budapest, Hungary

Brigetio: Szőny Hungary

Singidunum : Belgrade, Serbia

Vinimdacium: Kostalac, Eastern Serbia

 

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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.


0874E0B7-EC84-4A7D-A039-8D891538E63B.jpeg.2f0162a60429f13ee1e94dad63d5bb4f.jpeg
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).

96EAF4A4-F067-4721-B1E1-692294EE3B45.thumb.jpeg.b286e83c8709f2d57303ce621281cee6.jpeg
D96E016F-3895-4E37-B30F-47054EEDA186.thumb.jpeg.784c0cd2c14fca6a5329a7ae6608b123.jpeg

F2F8B0B2-A87A-4136-A443-06C2B96218CD.thumb.jpeg.59aaba19bc2fb1f75e32e4203db8ff66.jpeg

 

Here’s a great video explaining the history of Roman Pannonia

The article mentions four legions in Pannonia.

 

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The video above describes six of the legions on the frontier:

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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!

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