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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.
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Subsequent attacks, the first by the Getae in 15, [30] the second by the Dacians some fifteen years later, [31] forced Emperor Tiberius to promote the displacement around 20 AD of the Iazygian Sarmatians in what is now the northern Hungarian plain along the course of the Tisza river (east of the Danube), resulting in the expulsion of the ...
Dacia (/ ˈ d eɪ ʃ ə /, DAY-shə; Latin: [ˈd̪aː.ki.a]) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west.
Roman towns endured in Dacia's middle and southern regions, albeit reduced in size and wealth. [244] The competing theory states that the transfer of Dacia's diminished population overlapped with the requirement to repopulate the depleted Balkans. [278] Although it is possible that some Daco-Romans remained behind, these were few in number. [279]
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.
Built in murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains (Romanian: Cetăți dacice din Munții Orăștiei), in Romania, were created in the 1st centuries BC and AD as protection against Roman conquest, and played an important role during the Roman–Dacian wars.
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.