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The evolution of the Dacian kingdom from Burebista to Decebal according to Strabo Dacia cf. Strabo (c. 20 AD) [6] The map of Dacia by Brue Adrien Hubert (1826) View of the sanctuary from Dacians' capital Sarmizegetusa Regia Dacia map cf. Ptolemy (2nd century AD) The extent and location of Dacia varied in its three distinct historical periods ...
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.
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.
In the first half of the first century BC, a state arose on the territory of ancient Dacia, the main center of which was located in the southern Carpathians of Transylvania, in the area of the Orăștie massif, coming to encompass at the time of its greatest expansion the entire Dacian-Getic lineage.
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.
A number of these settlements were Thracian and Dacian, but some were Celtic, Greek, Roman, Paeonian, or Persian. A number of cities in Thrace and Dacia were built on or close to the sites of preexisting Dacian or Thracian settlements. Some settlements in this list may have a double entry, such as the Paeonian Astibo and Latin Astibus.
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.
Below is a list of Dacian towns which include various forms of dava in their name: Onomastic range of the Dacian towns with the -dava ending, covering Dacia, Moesia, Thrace and Dalmatia. Acidava [6] (Acidaua), a fortress town close to the Danube. [7] Located in today's Enoșești, Olt County, Romania