Dacia Aureliana

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This article is about the late Roman province on the territory of modern Bulgaria
and Serbia. For the Roman province of Dacia Traiana on the territory of modern
Romania, see Roman Dacia.

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Map of the northern Balkans in the 6th century, including the Diocese of Dacia
and its provinces
Dacia Aureliana was a province of the Roman Empire established by Emperor
Aurelian in the territory of former Moesia Superior after his evacuation of Dacia
Traiana beyond the Danube in 271. Between 271/275 and 285, it occupied most
of what is today northwestern Bulgaria and eastern Serbia. Its capital was in
Serdica (modern Sofia). The Emperor Diocletian replaced Dacia Aureliana with
two provinces Dacia Mediterranea with its capital at Serdica and Dacia
Ripensis, with its capital at Ratiaria. Later these two Dacias along with
Dardania, Moesia Prima, and Prevalitana constituted the Diocese of Dacia.

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