Domitian's Dacian Wars

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Domitian's Dacian Wars were a series of late 1st-century AD Roman military campaigns led by Emperor Domitian against the Dacian kingdom in the Balkans, preceding Trajan’s more famous Dacian Wars.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dacian campaigns 1
Dacian invasion of Moesia 1
Domitian's Dacian Wars canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman–Dacian war
military conflict
belligerent Kingdom of Dacia
surface form: Dacian Kingdom

Roman Empire
casusBelli Domitian's Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dacian invasion of Moesia

Dacian raids across the Danube
commander Cornelius Fuscus
Decebalus
Domitian
Lucius Funisulanus Vettonianus
Tettius Julianus
conflictType campaign
describedIn Cassius Dio’s Roman History
surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History
endTime AD 89
followedBy Dacian Wars
surface form: Trajan's Dacian Wars
foughtBetween Kingdom of Dacia
surface form: Dacian Kingdom

Roman Empire
front Danubian frontier
historicalEra Roman Empire
historicalPeriod 1st century AD
involvedMilitaryUnit Danubian legions
Legio V Alaudae
ledBy Domitian
surface form: Emperor Domitian
locatedInPresentDay Romania
location Balkans
Dacia
Danube (lower reaches near Silistra)
surface form: Lower Danube
notableBattle Battle of Tapae
surface form: Battle of Tapae (AD 87)

Battle of Tapae
surface form: Battle of Tapae (AD 88)
notableEvent death of Cornelius Fuscus
loss of Legio V Alaudae
opponent Decebalus
Domitian
opposedBy Decebalus
surface form: King Decebalus
partOf Domitian's Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Domitianic wars

Dacian Wars
surface form: Roman–Dacian conflicts
partOfReignOf Domitian
precededBy Marcomannic Wars
surface form: Marcomannic campaigns of Domitian
relatedTo Domitian
Dacian Wars
surface form: Trajan's Dacian Wars
result Dacian victory in early phase
Roman recognition of Decebalus as client king
Roman strategic setback
Roman–Dacian peace treaty
payment of subsidies to Dacia
significance exposed weakness of Roman Danube defenses
prompted later conquest of Dacia by Trajan
startTime AD 85
treaty Roman–Dacian peace treaty
surface form: Domitian–Decebalus peace agreement

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dacian Wars predecessorConflict Domitian's Dacian Wars
Batavian cohorts participatedIn Domitian's Dacian Wars
this entity surface form: Dacian campaigns
Domitian's Dacian Wars partOf Domitian's Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Domitianic wars
Domitian's Dacian Wars casusBelli Domitian's Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dacian invasion of Moesia