Pyrri was an
ancient Roman
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settlement in
Pannonia
Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...
, located on the road that had connected
Poetovio (today's
Ptuj
Ptuj (; german: Pettau, ; la, Poetovium/Poetovio) is a town in northeastern Slovenia that is the seat of the Municipality of Ptuj. Ptuj, the oldest recorded city in Slovenia, has been inhabited since the late Stone Age and developed from a Roman ...
) in the north and
Siscia (Sisak) to the south. It is believed that its location is near today's village of
Komin
Komin may refer to:
* Komin, Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Komin is a small town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia
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, anthem ...
, near
Sveti Ivan Zelina
Sveti Ivan Zelina () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia.
Geography
Sveti Ivan Zelina is north-east from Zagreb, connected:
* by A4 highway (Zagreb - Sv.Helena), then state road Sv.Helena - Sveti Ivan Zelina,
Population
In the 2011 Croatian ce ...
,
Zagreb County
Zagreb County ( hr, Zagrebačka županija) is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" ( hr, z ...
,
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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.
References
Sources
* {{cite journal , url = https://hrcak.srce.hr/50062?lang=en , language = Croatian , title = Prilog poznavanju srednjovjekovnih puteva u središnjoj Hrvatskoj , first = Hrvoje , last = Petrić , journal = Journal - Institute of Croatian History , volume = 26 , number = 1 , date = October 1993
Populated places in Pannonia
Roman sites in Croatia