Pannonia Inferior, lit. Lower Pannonia, was a province of the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sirmium. It was one of the border provinces on the Danube. It was formed in the year 103 AD by Emperor Trajan who divided the former province of Pannonia into two parts: Pannonia Superior and Pannonia Inferior. The province included parts of present-day states of Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The province was bordered to the east (across the Danube) by a Sarmatian tribe—the Iazyges. Later, the Vandals appeared to the north-east.
Settlements
Major settlements in Pannonia Inferior included: Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica) which several times served as an imperial residence for several emperors. Aquincum (Buda), the provincial capital. Cuccium (Ilok) Cibalae (Vinkovci) Mursa (Osijek) Certissa (Đakovo) Marsonia (Slavonski Brod) Sopianae (Pécs)
Aftermath and legacy The province was yet again split during the reign of the tetrarchs into two more provinces, Pannonia Valeria in the north, with the new provincial capital at Sopianae, and Pannonia Secunda in the south with Sirmium as the provincial capital. During the Frankish period, in the 9th century, the term Lower Pannonia was used to designate eastern and southern regions of Pannonia, including the Slavic Principality of Lower Pannonia, particularly Posavina.
List of Roman governors Publius Aelius Hadrianus 106-108Unless otherwise noted, governors from 106 to 137 are taken from Werner Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 12 (1982), pp. 281-362; 13 (1983), pp. 147-237 Titus Julius Maximus Manlianus 108-110/111 Publius Afranius Flavianus 111/112-114/115 Quintus Marcius Turbo 117/118-118/119 Lucius Cornelius Latinianus 119-121?Ronald Syme's dates ("Governors of Pannonia Inferior", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 14 (1965), p. 344); Eck less precisely states he was governor during the reign of Hadrian. Lucius Attius Macro 130/131-133/134 Nonius Mucianus 135Margaret Roxan, "Two Complete Diplomas of Pannonia Inferior: 19 May 135 and 7 August 143", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 127 (1999), pp. 249-273 Lucius Aelius Caesar 136-137 Claudius Maximus 137-c. 141Unless otherwise noted, governors from 149 to 182 are taken from Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), pp. 250-252 Marcus Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus c. 141-c. 144 Quintus Fuficius Cornutus c. 144-147 Marcus Cominius Secundus 147-c. 150 Marcus Nonius Macrinus c. 150-c. 153 Marcus Iallius Bassus Fabius Valerianus c. 156-c. 159 Gaius Julius Geminius Capellianus c. 159-c. 161 Tiberius Haterius Saturninus c. 161-164 Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus c. 167 Lucius Ulpius Marcellus before 173 Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius Hospes c. 173-175 Sextus Quintilius Condianus c. 175-c. 179 Lucius Septimius Flaccus c. 179-c. 183 Lucius Cornelius Felix Plotianus c. 183-185Unless otherwise noted, governors from 183 to 212 are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1989), pp. 277-279 Gaius Pomponius Bassus Terentianus 192Attested in office 11 August 192 by RMD V.446 and V.447 Gaius Valerius Pudens c. 192-c. 194 Tiberius Claudius Claudianus c. 197/198 Lucius Baebius Caecilianus 199-202 Lucius Cassius Marcellinus between 202 and 204 Gaius Julius Septimius Castinus c. 211/212 Gaius Octavius Appius Suetonius Sabinus c. 215/216Unless otherwise noted, governors from 215 to 235 are taken from Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare, pp. 256f Lucius Alfenus Avitianus between 218 and 222 Marcius Claudius Agrippa c. 217 Triccianus 217-218 Pontius Proculus Pontianus c. 219-222 Flavius Aelianus c. 228 Iasdius Domitianus between 222 and 235 Flavius Marcianus between 230 and 235 Lucius Ulpius Marcellus c.262-c.264
See also Pannoni Pannonia Pannonia Secunda Pannonia Valeria Diocese of Pannonia
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External links Roman Empire - Pannonia Pannonia Inferior - Map