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Roman Dacia (/ ˈ d eɪ ʃ ə / DAY-shə; also known as Dacia Traiana (Latin for 'Trajan’s Dacia'); or Dacia Felix, lit. ' Fertile Dacia ' ) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD.
It seems that already under the empire of Gallienus (256) the Goths crossed the Carpathians, driving the Romans out of the northern part of the province of Dacia. Twenty years later, Emperor Aurelian sanctioned the final abandonment of Dacia and the withdrawal of his troops, setting the empire's new frontier on the Danube (in 271-275).
However, the Romans built a settlement bearing the same name, Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetuza 40 km away, to serve as the capital of the new Roman province of Dacia. A group of "Free Dacians" may have remained outside the Roman Empire in the territory of modern-day Northern Romania until the start of the Migration Period. [1]
Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts were triggered by the constant Dacian threat on the Danubian province of Moesia and also by the increasing need for resources of the economy of the Empire.
The last client rulers of Thrace: Pythodoris II (Queen) and Rhoemetalces III; [75] Rhoemetalces III, son of Rhescuporis II, 38-46; married his cousin's daughter Pythodoris II (daughter of Cotys III and Antonia Tryphaena), murdered by wife 46 annexation by the Roman Empire, by the Roman emperor Claudius I
The name of the Dacians' homeland, Dacia, became the name of a Roman province, and the name Dacians was used to designate the people in the region. [3] Roman Dacia, also Dacia Traiana or Dacia Felix, was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271 or 275 AD.
A history of the Roman Empire: from its foundation to the death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.–180 A.D.). Student's Series. New York: Harper. Katsari, Constantina (2011). The Roman Monetary System: The Eastern Provinces from the First to the Third Century AD. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76946-4.
Located in present-day Romania, Limes Porolissensis was the frontier of the Roman Empire in Dacia Porolissensis, the northernmost of the three Dacian provinces. It was a defensive line dating from the 2nd century AD after the Conquest of Dacia up to the retreat of the Roman army from the region.