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Margus (name)

Margus is an Estonian masculine given name, a variant of Marcus.

People named Margus include:

  • Margus Hanson (born 1958), politician
  • Margus Hernits (born 1972), figure skater
  • Margus Hunt (born 1987), shot putter, discus and hammer thrower
  • Margus Kolga (born 1966), diplomat
  • Margus Lepa (born 1953), radio journalist, comedian and actor
  • Margus Maiste (born 1977), architect
  • Margus Metstak (born 1961), basketball player
  • Margus Oopkaup (born 1957), actor
  • Margus Reinsalu (born 1960), entrepreneur
  • Margus Tsahkna (born 1977), politician

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Margus

Margus may refer to:

  • Margus (name), Estonian given name
  • Margus (city), a former Roman city at the locality of modern Požarevac, Serbia
  • Margus River, the Roman name of Great Morava, see Battle of the Margus
Margus (city)

Margus was an ancient Roman city situated at locality of present-day Požarevac ( Serbia). Latin name Margus was in use after the Roman conquest in the first century BC. Before the Roman conquest, the area was inhabited by Thracians, Dacians and Celts. Nearby Viminacium was the provincial capital of Moesia Superior, of which Margus was part.

In 435, the city of Margus, under the Eastern Roman Empire, was the site of a treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Hun leaders Attila and Bleda. One pretext for the Hun invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire in 442 was that the Bishop of Margus had crossed the Danube to ransack and desecrate the royal Hun graves on the north bank of the Danube. When the Romans discussed handing over the Bishop, he slipped away and betrayed the city to the Huns, who then sacked the city and went on to invade as far as the gates of Constantinople itself.