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In the first half of the first century BC, a state arose on the territory of ancient Dacia, the main center of which was located in the southern Carpathians of Transylvania, in the area of the Orăștie massif, coming to encompass at the time of its greatest expansion the entire Dacian-Getic lineage.
Roman head of a Dacian of the type known from Trajan's Forum, AD 120–130, marble, on 18th-century bust. The Dacians (/ ˈ d eɪ ʃ ən z /; Latin: Daci; Ancient Greek: Δάκοι, [1] Δάοι, [1] Δάκαι [2]) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea.
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (represented by the Roman numeral I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical ...
Charnabon, king of the Getae as mentioned by Sophocles in Triptolemus - 5th century BC; Cothelas, [18] father of Meda of Odessa – 4th century BC; Rex Histrianorum, ruler in Histria, mentioned by Trogus Pompeius and Justinus - 339 BC [citation needed] Dual – 3rd century BC [citation needed] Moskon [19] – 3rd century BC; Dromichaetes [20 ...
The Dacians are first mentioned in the writings of the Ancient Greeks, in Herodotus (Histories Book IV XCIII: "[Getae] the noblest as well as the most just of all the Thracian tribes") and Thucydides (Peloponnesian Wars, Book II: "[Getae] border on the Scythians and are armed in the same manner, being all mounted archers"). [2]
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The first settlement at Sarmizegetusa was made up of Roman citizens who had retired from their legions. [154] Based upon the location of names scattered throughout the province, it has been argued that, although places of origin are hardly ever noted in epigraphs, a large percentage of colonists originated from Noricum and western Pannonia. [155]
Scythian bowl, 5th century BC found at Castelu, Romania. In display at the Constanţa Museum of National History. 500–1 BC – Middle Iron Age/La Tène culture [4] 5th–4th century BC – A Getic settlement is found at Zimnicea [4] 470–460 – The king Charnabon reigns over the Getae [13] c. 450 BC – Democracy is imposed in Histria [4]