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A Christian ( or ) is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity , an Abrahamic , monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ . " Christian " derives from the Koine Greek word " Christós " (  ), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term " mashiach ". The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges . The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea , extending from the Strait of Otranto ( where it connects to the Ionian Sea ) to the northwest and the Po Valley . The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Greece , Italy , Montenegro and Slovenia . The Adriatic contains over ___MASK45___ , ___MASK58___ islands , mostly located along its eastern , Croatian , coast . It is divided into three basins , the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest , with a maximum depth of . The Otranto Sill , an underwater ridge , is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas . The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto , along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western ( Italian ) coast . Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight , although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally . The Adriatic ' s salinity is lower than the Mediterranean ' s because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean , acting as a dilution basin . The surface water temperatures generally range from in summer to in winter , significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin ' s climate . Diocletian , born Diocles ( ___MASK23___  ___MASK84___ ), was a Roman emperor from ___MASK94___ to 305 . Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia , Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus . After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia , Diocletian was proclaimed emperor . The title was also claimed by Carus ' other surviving son , Carinus , but Diocletian defeated him in the Battle of the Margus . Diocletian ' s reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century . He appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus , co - emperor , in 286 . The Roman Empire ( Koine and Medieval Greek :    , tr . ) was the post - Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization , characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe , Africa and Asia . The city of Rome was the largest city in the world BC AD , with Constantinople ( New Rome ) becoming the largest around ___MASK39___ AD , and the Empire ' s populace grew to an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants ( roughly 20 % of the world ' s population at the time ). The ___MASK39___ - year - old republic which preceded it was severely destabilized in a series of civil wars and political conflict , during which Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then assassinated in 44 BC . Civil wars and executions continued , culminating in the victory of Octavian , Caesar ' s adopted son , over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt . Octavian ' s power was then unassailable and in 27 BC the Roman Senate formally granted him overarching power and the new title " Augustus ", effectively marking the end of the Roman Republic . Augustus ( ___MASK51___ September 63 BC  ___MASK100___ AD ) was the founder of the Roman Principate and considered the first Emperor , controlling the Roman Empire from 27 BC until his death in AD 14 . Pannonia was an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube , coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy , and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia . Pannonia was located over the territory of the present - day western Hungary , eastern Austria , northern Croatia , north - western Serbia , northern Slovenia , western Slovakia and northern Bosnia and Herzegovina . Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene : , abbr .: " RS "), is a nation state in southern Central Europe , located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes . It is bordered by Italy to the west , Austria to the north , Hungary to the northeast , Croatia to the south and southeast , and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest . It covers and has a population of ___MASK35___ . 06 million . It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations , European Union , and NATO . The capital and largest city is Ljubljana . Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia . It has Croatia ' s largest river port , located at the confluence of the Vuka River and the Danube . Vukovar is the seat of the Vukovar - Syrmia County . The city ' s registered population was ___MASK79___ , ___MASK32___ in the 2011 census , with a total of 27 , 683 in the municipality . Hungary is a unitary parliamentary republic in Central Europe . It covers an area of , situated in the Carpathian Basin and bordered by Slovakia to the north , Romania to the east , Serbia to the south , Croatia to the southwest , Slovenia to the west , Austria to the northwest , and Ukraine to the northeast . With about ___MASK63___ million inhabitants , Hungary is a medium - sized member state of the European Union . The official language is Hungarian , which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world . Hungary ' s capital and largest metropolis is Budapest , a significant economic hub , classified as an Alpha - global city . Major urban areas include Debrecen , Szeged , Miskolc , Pécs and Gyr . Vinkovci is a city in Slavonia , in the Vukovar - Srijem County in eastern Croatia . In the ___MASK56___ census , the total population of the city was ___MASK16___ , ___MASK84___ , making it the largest town of the county . Surrounded by many large villages , it is a local transport hub , particularly because of its railways . Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ , who serves as the focal point for the religion . It is the world ' s largest religion , with over ___MASK35___ . ___MASK59___ billion followers , or 33 % of the global population , known as Christians . Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah ( the Christ ) was prophesied in the Old Testament . Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a sovereign state between Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean . Its capital city is Zagreb , which forms one of the country ' s primary subdivisions , along with its twenty counties . Croatia covers and has diverse , mostly continental and Mediterranean climates . Croatia ' s Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands . The country ' s population is ___MASK59___ . 28 million , most of whom are Croats , with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism . Carinus ( died ___MASK88___ ) was Roman Emperor from ___MASK44___ to ___MASK88___ . The elder son of emperor Carus , he was first appointed " Caesar " and in the beginning of ___MASK44___ co - emperor of the western portion of the empire by his father . Official accounts of his character and career have been filtered through the propaganda of his successful opponent , Diocletian . Numerian ( died ___MASK55___ November ___MASK94___ ) was Roman Emperor from 283 to ___MASK94___ with his older brother Carinus . They were sons of Carus , a general raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282 . The Battle of the Margus was fought in ___MASK78___ between the armies of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Carinus in the valley of the Margus River ( today Great Morava ) in Moesia ( present day Serbia ). Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia . It is located in the northwest of the country , along the Sava river , at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain . Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level . In the last official census of ___MASK56___ the population of the City of Zagreb was ___MASK85___ , ___MASK27___ . The wider Zagreb metropolitan area includes the City of Zagreb and the separate Zagreb County bringing the total metropolitan area population up to ___MASK45___ , ___MASK4___ , 887 . It is the biggest metropolitan area in Croatia , and the only one with a population of over one million . Noricum is the Latin name for a Celtic kingdom , or federation of tribes , that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia . In the first century AD , it became a province of the Roman Empire . Its borders were the Danube to the north , " Raetia " and " Vindelicia " to the west , Pannonia to the east and southeast , and " Italia " (" Venetia et Histria ") to the south . The kingdom was founded around ___MASK31___ BC , and had its capital at the royal residence at Virunum on the Magdalensberg . Maximian ( c . ___MASK60___  c . July ___MASK38___ ) was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305 . He was " Caesar " from 285 to 286 , then " Augustus " from 286 to 305 . He shared the latter title with his co - emperor and superior , Diocletian , whose political brain complemented Maximian ' s military brawn . Maximian established his residence at Trier but spent most of his time on campaign . In the late summer of 285 , he suppressed rebels in Gaul known as the Bagaudae . From 285 to 288 , he fought against Germanic tribes along the Rhine frontier . Together with Diocletian , he launched a scorched earth campaign deep into Alamannic territory in 288 , temporarily relieving the Rhine provinces from the threat of Germanic invasion . The Crisis of the Third Century , also known as Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis ( AD ___MASK30___  ___MASK94___ ), was a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of invasion , civil war , plague , and economic depression . The Crisis began with the assassination of Emperor Severus Alexander by his own troops in ___MASK30___ , initiating a 50 - year period in which there were at least 26 claimants to the title of Emperor , mostly prominent Roman army generals , who assumed imperial power over all or part of the Empire . The same number of men became accepted by the Roman Senate as emperor during this period and so became legitimate emperors . Saint Pollio of Cybalae ( 3rd century ) is venerated as a Christian martyr who was executed for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian . He was a lector in the city of Cybalae ( present - day Vinkovci , Croatia ) in the Roman province of Pannonia . He suffered interrogation from the prefect Probus and refused to abjure his faith ; he was put to death outside of the city walls . Biblical Hebrew (" Ivrit Miqra ' it " or " Leshon ha - Miqra "), also called Classical Hebrew , is an archaic form of Hebrew , a Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Israel , roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea . The term " Hebrew " was not used for the language in the Bible , which was referred to as Canaanite or Judahite , but the name was used in Greek and Mishnaic Hebrew texts . Biblical Hebrew is attested from about the 10th century BCE , and persisted through and beyond the Second Temple period , which ended in the siege of Jerusalem ( AD ___MASK95___ ). Slavonia is , with Dalmatia , Croatia proper , and Istria , one of the four historical regions of Croatia . Taking up the east of the country , it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties : Brod - Posavina , Osijek - Baranja , Požega - Slavonia , Virovitica - Podravina and Vukovar - Srijem , although the territory of the counties includes Baranya , and the definition of the western extent of Slavonia as a region varies . The counties cover or ___MASK76___ . 2 % of Croatia , inhabited by ___MASK97___ , 192  ___MASK37___ . 8 % of Croatia ' s population . The largest city in the region is Osijek , followed by Slavonski Brod and Vinkovci . It is located in the Pannonian Basin , largely bordered by the Danube , Drava and Sava rivers . In the west , the region consists of the Sava and Drava valleys , and the mountains surrounding the Požega Valley , and plains in the east . Slavonia enjoys a moderate continental climate , with relatively low precipitation . Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . Relative to its small territory , it is a diverse country distinguished by a " transitional " character , situated along cultural , geographic , climatic and other boundaries . Serbia is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north ; Romania and Bulgaria to the east ; Macedonia to the south ; and Croatia , Bosnia - Herzegovina , and Montenegro to the southwest ; it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo . Serbia numbers around ___MASK69___ million residents , and its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the largest cities in Southeast Europe . The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period ( starting in ___MASK83___ BC ). The emperors used a variety of different titles throughout history . Often when a given Roman is described as becoming " emperor " in English , it reflects his taking of the title " Augustus " or " Caesar ". Another title often used was " imperator ", originally a military honorific . Early Emperors also used the title " princeps " ( first citizen ). Emperors frequently amassed republican titles , notably " Princeps Senatus ", " Consul " and " Pontifex Maximus ". Carus ( c . ___MASK29___  July or August ___MASK44___ ) was Roman Emperor from ___MASK54___ to ___MASK44___ , and was 60 at ascension . During his short reign , Carus fought the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians along the Danube frontier with success . He brought stability in the empire and died in ___MASK44___ aged 61 .