C. Scribonius Curio, proconsul of Macedonia, had…

C. Scribonius Curio, proconsul of Macedonia, had in 75 BCE taken an army as far as the Danube and gained a victory over the inhabitants, who were finally subdued by M. Licinius Crassus, grandson of the triumvir and later also proconsul of Macedonia during the reign of Augustus c. 29 BCE.

The region, however, is not organized as a province until the last years of Augustus' reign; in 6 CE, mention is made of its governor, Caecina Severus (Cassius Dio lv. 29).

As a province, Moesia is under an imperial consular legate (who probably also had control of Achaea and Macedonia).

Bounded on the north by the lower Danube River, on the west by the Drinus (now Drina) River, by the Haemus (Balkan) Mountains on the south, and by the Black Sea on the east, Moesia includes territories of modern-day Southern Serbia (Moesia Superior), Northern Republic of Macedonia, Northern Bulgaria, Romanian Dobrudja, Southern Moldova, and Budjak (Lower Moesia).