Pannŏnia

, a large country of Europe, bounded on the east by Upper Mœsia, south by Dalmatia, west by Noricum, and north by the Danube. It was divided by the ancients into Lower and Upper Pannonia. The inhabitants were of Celtic origin, and were first invaded by Julius Cæsar, and conquered in the reign of Tiberius. Philip and his son Alexander some ages before had succe ively conquered it. Sirmium was the ancient capital of all Pannonia, which contains the modern provinces of Croatia, Carniola, Sclavonia, Bosnia, Windisch, March, with part of Servia, and of the kingdoms of Hungary and Austria. Lucan , bk. 3 , li. 95 ; bk. 6 , li. 220 .— Tibullus , bk. 4 , poem 1, li. 109 .— Pliny , bk. 3 .— Dio Ca ius , bk. 49 .— Strabo , bks. 4 & 7.— Jornandes. — Paterculus , bk. 2 , ch. 9 .— Suet on i us , August us , ch. 20 .