Dacia Ripensis

Dacia Ripensis Provincia Dacia Ripensis Δακία Παραποτάμια (Greek)
Province of Roman Empire
← c. 283 – 586 →
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The northern Balkans, including Dacia Ripensis, in the 6th century
Capital		Ratiaria (now in Vidin Province, Bulgaria)
History
•	Evacuation of Dacia Traiana, creation of Dacia Aureliana	271
•	Dacia Aureliana partitioned	before AD 285 280s
•	Captured by the Huns
•	Devastated by Avar invasion	586

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Dacia Ripensis (Greek: Δακία Παραποτάμια,English translation: "Dacia from the banks of the Danube") was the name of a Roman province (part of Dacia Aureliana) first established by Aurelian c. AD 283, south of the Danube, after he withdrew from Dacia Traiana.

It is unclear whether Aurelian or the Emperor Diocletian replaced Dacia Aureliana with two provinces, but by 285, there were two – Dacia Mediterranea with its capital at Serdica and Dacia Ripensis, with its capital at Ratiaria. Later, these two "Dacias" along with Dardania, Lower Moesia, and Prevalitana constituted the Diocese of Dacia.

Ratiaria was established as the capital of Dacia Ripensis (it was previously a colony founded by Trajan located within Moesia Superior) and served both as the seat of the military governor (or dux) and as the military base for the Roman legion XIII Gemina.

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