Pannonia Superior
Pannonia Superior, lit. Upper Pannonia, was an ancient Roman province with the capital in Carnuntum. It was formed in the year 103 AD. The province included parts of present-day Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovakia.
Cities
Some of the important cities in Upper Pannonia were:
Later usage
The northern part of the 8th-century Frankish March of Pannonia was also called Upper Pannonia.
The name can be found even much later in a similar, but wider, meaning. E.g. Otto von Freising (Chron. 6, 15) uses it to refer to Austria (i.e. Austria proper) in the 12th century.
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Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Hungary
Slovakia
Slovenia
