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A Dacian kingdom that united the Dacians and the Getae was formed under the rule of Burebista in 82 BC and lasted until the Roman conquest in AD 106. As a result of the wars with the Roman Empire, after the conquest of Dacia, the population was dispersed, and the capital city, Sarmizegetusa Regia, was destroyed by the Romans
Dacian towns and fortresses with the dava ending, covering Dacia, Moesia, Thrace and Dalmatia. This is a list of ancient Dacian towns and fortresses from all the territories once inhabited by Dacians, Getae and Moesi. The large majority of them are located in the traditional territory of the Dacian Kingdom at the time of Burebista.
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.
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.
Map of the territory of Philip II of Macedon. Philip II of Macedon, annexed Thrace, 341–336 BC; Alexander the Great retains Thrace and suppresses rebellion, 335–323 BC; Lysimachus, one of the Diadochi, includes Thrace in his kingdom, 323–281 BC [49] [50] Philip V of Macedon controls all cities of Thrace up to the hellespont, [51] 238–179 BC
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Burebista (Ancient Greek: Βυρεβίστας, Βοιρεβίστας) was the king of the Getae and Dacian tribes from 82/61 BC to 45/44 BC. He was the first king who successfully unified the tribes of the Dacian kingdom, which comprised the area located between the Danube, Tisza, and Dniester rivers, and modern day Romania and Moldova.
Map of Roman Dacia between 106 and 271, including the areas with Free Dacians, Carpi and Costoboci. The Free Dacians (Romanian: Dacii liberi) is the name given by some modern historians to those Dacians [1] who remained outside, or emigrated from, the Roman Empire after the emperor Trajan's Dacian Wars (AD 101-6).