Po redaktohet Dardania (Roman province) (paragraf)

== Administration ==
{{See also|Moesia}}
After the Roman conquest, the pre-Roman Dardania eventually was organized into the [[Moesia]] province.<ref>{{cite book|title=Starinar|volume=45–47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYxpAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Arheološki institut|page=33}}</ref> During the reign of [[Domitian]] (81–96), in 86, Moesia was subdivided into Upper and Lower Moesia (Moesia Superior and Moesia Inferior).<ref>{{cite book|author=Balkanoloski institut|title=Balcanica|volume=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYsvAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=SANU|page=30}}</ref> The old name of Dardania was used for a new province part of Moesia Superior.{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=210}} [[Ptolemy]] (100–170) calls Dardania a special district of Moesia Superior.{{sfn|Mócsy|2014|p=69}}

The [[Diocese of Moesia]] was a [[Roman diocese|diocese]] established by Emperor [[Diocletian]] (r. 284–305). During his reign, the diocese included 11 provinces, one of which was Dardania.{{sfn|Roisman|Worthington|2010|p=547}} Dardania and Moesia Prima were established by dividing them from Moesia Superior, probably under Diocletian.{{sfn|Roisman|Worthington|2010|p=547}} During{{sfn|Mócsy|2014|p=69}} or likely after{{sfn|Roisman|Worthington|2010|p=547}} emperor [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] (r. 306–337), [[Dacia Mediterranea]] was created out of parts of Dardania and Thrace.{{sfn|Roisman|Worthington|2010|p=547}}{{sfn|Mócsy|2014|p=69}} The two new dioceses, Moesia and [[Diocese of Dacia|Dacia]], were grouped into the new [[praetorian prefecture of Illyricum]] in the second half of the 4th century, which essentially covered the same area as the earlier Diocese of Moesia.{{sfn|Roisman|Worthington|2010|p=548}}