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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.
The powerful Dacian kingdom thus lost the power of the last two decades, and was certainly less dangerous to the neighboring Roman Empire. This allowed Rome to "shelve", for the time being, the Dacian danger for over a century, until Domitian - Trajan .
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.
The history of Dacian warfare spans from c. 10th century BC up to the 2nd century AD in the region typically referred to by Ancient Greek and Latin historians as Dacia. It concerns the armed conflicts of the Dacian tribes and their kingdoms in the Balkans.
The town of Sarmizegetusa Regia was the capital and major fortress of the Dacian kingdom, probably built in the mid first century BCE.It consisted of perimeter walls and fortifications, a sacred precinct, and a settlement area primarily for nobles and supporting servants.
Map 8: 1849 map of Roman regions, fortresses and tribes in Thrace and Dacia (about 150 AD) Map 9: Thracian tribes in Thrace and the Odrysian Kingdom, Odrysians were one of the most powerful Thracian tribes. Sapeia, a name derived from the Sapaei tribe, was Northern Thrace and Asteia, a name derived from the Astae or Asti tribe, was Southern Thrace.
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.
Dacian towns and fortresses in Dacia during Burebista Onomastic range of some towns with the dava ending. Many city names were composed of an initial lexical element affixed to -dava, -daua, -deva, -deba, -daba, or -dova, which meant "city" or "town" Endings on more southern regions are exclusively -bria ("town, city"), -disza, -diza, -dizos ("fortress, walled settlement"), -para, -paron ...