Get to know Moesia better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Moesia meaning
Archaic form of Moesia.
Using Moesia
- The main meaning on this page is: Archaic form of Moesia.
- In the example corpus, moesia often appears in combinations such as: of moesia, lower moesia, moesia and.
Context around Moesia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Moesia
- In this selection, "moesia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lower, upper, eastern, superior, inferior and now stand out and add context to how "moesia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and upper moesia and transferred and and western moesia inferior. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "moesia" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with moesia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lower Moesia was filled by Pontius Laelianus' son. (8 words)
The strategic result of Crassus' campaigns was the permanent annexation of Moesia by Rome. (14 words)
It seems that in 250 the Carpi invaded Dacia, eastern Moesia Superior and western Moesia Inferior. (16 words)
Finlay, p. 442 The following year he based his army in Philippopolis and occupied the length of the military road from the western Haemus Mountains to the Danube, thereby cutting off communications between Samuel's Macedonian heartland and Moesia. (39 words)
Subsequently, it became part of Moesia Superior in AD 87. The region was exposed to an increasing number of 'barbarian' raids from the 4th century AD onwards, culminating with the Slavic migrations of the 6th and 7th centuries. (38 words)
The East Romans began to feel the pressure from Uldin's Huns again in 408. Uldin crossed the Danube and captured a fortress in Moesia named Castra Martis, which was betrayed from within. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
Domitian returned to Moesia in August 86. He divided the province into Lower Moesia and Upper Moesia, and transferred three additional legions to the Danube.
It seems that in 250 the Carpi invaded Dacia, eastern Moesia Superior and western Moesia Inferior.
AN original brass military diploma which dates from the middle of the Second Century AD mentions Moorish soldiers in Moesia, which is modem Serbia.
Among the Visigoths settled in Lower Moesia (now part of Bulgaria and Romania), the situation was ripe for rebellion.
Aurelian continued to harass the enemy, driving them northward into Upper Moesia where emperor Claudius had assembled his main army.
Crassus followed them closely into Moesia but they would not be drawn into battle, withdrawing beyond the Tsibritsa.
Domitian probably wanted a new war against the Dacians, and reinforced Upper Moesia with two more cavalry units brought from Syria and with at least five cohorts brought from Pannonia.
Finlay, p. 442 The following year he based his army in Philippopolis and occupied the length of the military road from the western Haemus Mountains to the Danube, thereby cutting off communications between Samuel's Macedonian heartland and Moesia.
In 1087 the Pechenegs raided into Thrace, and Alexios crossed into Moesia to retaliate but failed to take Dorostolon ( Silistra ).
Lower Moesia was filled by Pontius Laelianus' son.
Res Gestae 30 On the lower Danube, which was given priority over the upper Danube, this required the annexation of Moesia.
Subsequently, it became part of Moesia Superior in AD 87. The region was exposed to an increasing number of 'barbarian' raids from the 4th century AD onwards, culminating with the Slavic migrations of the 6th and 7th centuries.
The East Romans began to feel the pressure from Uldin's Huns again in 408. Uldin crossed the Danube and captured a fortress in Moesia named Castra Martis, which was betrayed from within.
The strategic result of Crassus' campaigns was the permanent annexation of Moesia by Rome.
When Diocletian redivided the Empire, Crete was placed, along with Cyrene, under the diocese of Moesia, and later by Constantine I to the diocese of Macedonia.
Common combinations with moesia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of moesia 4×
- lower moesia 3×
- moesia and 3×
- upper moesia 3×
- in moesia 3×
- moesia superior 2×
- moesia inferior 2×
- into moesia 2×