Burebista
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Burebista was a 1st-century BC king who forged a powerful Dacian kingdom in the Carpathian region and became a significant regional rival to Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Burebista canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dacian king
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ |
| advisor | Deceneus ⓘ |
| aftermath | Dacian kingdom fragmented after his death ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Boerebista
ⓘ
Buruista ⓘ |
| capital |
Sarmizegetusa Regia
ⓘ
surface form:
Sarmizegetusa (traditional attribution)
|
| causeOfDeath | political assassination ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Greek cities of the western Black Sea ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Pompey
|
| countryRuled |
Kingdom of Dacia
ⓘ
surface form:
Dacian kingdom
|
| death | assassinated ⓘ |
| deathDate | 44 BC ⓘ |
| era | Late Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Dacian tribes
ⓘ
surface form:
Dacian
|
| historicalRegion |
Carpathian Mountains
ⓘ
Danube region ⓘ
surface form:
Danube basin
|
| knownFor |
becoming a major regional rival of the Roman Republic
ⓘ
destroying Greek cities on the western Black Sea coast ⓘ forging a powerful Dacian kingdom ⓘ military campaigns around the Danube ⓘ unifying many Dacian and Getic tribes ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Getae
ⓘ
surface form:
Geto-Dacian
|
| legacy |
considered a precursor of later Dacian rulers such as Decebalus
ⓘ
important figure in Romanian national historiography ⓘ |
| name | Burebista self-link ⓘ |
| opponent |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| policy |
centralization of political power
ⓘ
military strengthening of the Dacian tribes ⓘ religious and moral reforms among the Dacians ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | hegemon of the Geto-Dacian tribes ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Dacia ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Carpathian region
ⓘ
Danubian Plain ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Danube region
|
| reignEnd | 44 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | circa 82 BC ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Jordanes
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ |
| territorialExpansion |
expanded Dacian control over much of the Carpatho-Danubian area
ⓘ
extended influence into Transylvania ⓘ extended influence into parts of modern-day Bulgaria ⓘ extended influence into parts of modern-day Hungary ⓘ extended influence into parts of modern-day Romania ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.