Moesia included most of the territory of a modern-day part of Serbia.
Central Serbia -LRB- Централна Србија  /  Centralna Srbija -RRB- , also referred to as Serbia proper -LRB- Ужа Србија  /  Uza Srbija -RRB- , is the part of Serbia lying outside of the provinces of Vojvodina and the disputed territory of Kosovo -LRB- Kosovo and Metohija -RRB- .. Serbia. Serbia. Vojvodina. Vojvodina. Kosovo. Kosovo. Kosovo and Metohija. Kosovo and Metohija. Central Serbia is a term of convenience , not an administrative division of Serbia as such , and does not have any form of separate administration .. Serbia. Serbia. administrative division of Serbia. administrative division of Serbia. Broadly speaking , Central Serbia is the historical core of modern Serbia , which emerged from the Serbian Revolution -LRB- 1804 -- 17 -RRB- and subsequent wars against the Ottoman Empire .. Serbia. Serbia. modern Serbia. History of Serbia ( 1804–1918 ). Serbian Revolution. Serbian Revolution. In the following century , Serbia gradually expanded south , acquiring South Serbia , Kosovo , Sandzak and Vardar Macedonia , and in 1918 -- following the unification and annexation of Montenegro and unification of Austro-Hungarian areas left of the Danube and Sava -LRB- Vojvodina -RRB- -- it merged with other South Slavic territories into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .. Serbia. Serbia. Vojvodina. Vojvodina. Kosovo. Kosovo. Sandzak. Sandzak. Vardar Macedonia. Vardar Macedonia. Montenegro. Kingdom of Montenegro. Danube. Danube. Sava. Sava. Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The current borders of Central Serbia were defined after World War II , when Serbia became a republic within SFR Yugoslavia , with Kosovo and Vojvodina as its autonomous provinces .. Serbia. Serbia. Vojvodina. Vojvodina. Kosovo. Kosovo. republic. Socialist Republic of Serbia. SFR Yugoslavia. SFR Yugoslavia