Pannonia Savia or simply Savia, also known as Pannonia Ripariensis, was a Late
Roman
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province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
. It was formed in the year 295, during the
Tetrarchy
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reform of
Roman emperor Diocletian, and assigned to the
civil diocese
In the Late Roman Empire, usually dated 284 AD to 602 AD, the regional governance district known as the Roman or civil diocese was made up of a grouping of provinces each headed by a ''Vicarius'', who were the representatives of praet ...
of
Pannonia, which was attached in the fourth century to the
Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
The praetorian prefecture of Illyricum ( la, praefectura praetorio per Illyricum; el, ἐπαρχότης/ὑπαρχία ῶν πραιτωρίωντοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ, also termed simply the Prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four ...
, and later to the
Praetorian prefecture of Italy
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.
During the 4th and 5th centuries, the province was raided several times, by migrating peoples, including
Huns
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and
Goths
The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...
. In the 490s, it became part of the
Ostrogothic Kingdom
The Ostrogothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of Italy (), existed under the control of the Germanic Ostrogoths in Italy and neighbouring areas from 493 to 553.
In Italy, the Ostrogoths led by Theodoric the Great killed and replaced Odoacer, ...
.
The capital of the province was
Siscia (today
Sisak). Pannonia Savia included parts of present-day
Croatia
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,
Slovenia
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and
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
See also
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Pannonia
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Roman provinces
The Roman provinces (Latin: ''provincia'', pl. ''provinciae'') were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled ...
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Roman Empire
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External links
Map of western Illyricum
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Savia
Late Roman provinces
Pannonia Superior
Illyricum (Roman province)
Croatia in the Roman era
Slovenia in the Roman era
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Roman era
295 establishments
290s establishments in the Roman Empire
States and territories established in the 290s
5th-century disestablishments in the Roman Empire
States and territories disestablished in the 5th century