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The Draco Pistol, or more commonly known as simply a Draco, named after the Dacian dragon-like battle banner, [1] is a series of Romanian-designed gas-operated semi-automatic pistols sold by Century International Arms. The weapon is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge with its design taken heavily after the AK-47.
[1] With Soviet assistance, the Romanian government launched a program to manufacture a domestic AK rifle patterned directly after the AKM. [1] The new weapon was to replace the AK-47 in Romanian service and was designated Pistol Mitralieră. [1] The first production model appeared in 1963 and was designated Pistol Mitralieră model 1963 (PM md ...
Michael Drakos Soutzos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Δράκος Σούτζος; Romanian: Mihai Draco Suțu; 1730 – 1803) was a Prince of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. A member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes (descended from the Drakos family), he was the grandfather of Michael Soutzos, himself a ruler of Moldavia between 1819 and 1821.
Soutzos arms, in the variant used by Konstantinos (Constantin Suțu), son of Michael Soutzos. The House of Soutzos or Soutsos (Greek: Σούτσος or Σούτζος, Romanian: Suțu or Sutzu) was a Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several hospodars to the Danubian ...
The Draco, a standard flown by the Dacians, also prominently featured a wolf head. However, according to Romanian historian and archaeologist Alexandru Vulpe, the Dacian etymology explained by daos ("wolf") has little plausibility, as the transformation of daos into dakos is phonetically unlikely and the Draco standard
The Dacian symbol Dacian Draco as depicted on the Trajan's Column Within the multi-spiral group of bracelets with palmette scales, two sub-groups can be stylistically identified – one represented by the Feldioara find and the other by the Orastie find.
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The Statue of Trajan and the She-wolf is a statue by Vasile Gorduz that was once located on the steps of the National Museum of Romanian History on Calea Victoriei in central Bucharest. It depicts a nude Trajan holding in his arms the Capitoline Wolf, which is doubled as the Dacian Draco, the war standard of the Dacians.