Pannonia Valeria
Pannonia Valeria | |
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province of the Roman Empire | |
296–5th century | |
Capital | Sopianae |
History | |
• Established | 296 |
• Disestablished | 5th century |
Today part of | Hungary, Croatia |
The Pannonia Valeria or simply Valeria was one of the provinces of the Roman Empire. It was formed in the year 296, during the reign of emperor Diocletian, in a division of Lower Pannonia. The capital of the province was Sopianae (today Pécs). Pannonia Valeria included parts of present-day Hungary and Croatia.
The province continued as an entity under the rule of the Huns until the rise of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths in the 5th century.