Getae

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The Getae were an ancient people of the Lower Danube region, closely related to the Dacians and known from Greek and Roman sources for their warrior culture and interactions with classical civilizations.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Getae canonical 9
Getae (often linked in ancient sources) 1
Geto-Dacian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Thracian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
associatedDeity Zalmoxis ⓘ
belief immortality of the soul ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dacian tribes ⓘ
surface form: Dacians
conflictedWith Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian Kingdom

Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Roman armies ⓘ
culturalRelation shared customs with Dacians ⓘ
similar material culture to Dacians ⓘ
cultureType warrior culture ⓘ
describedBy Dio Cassius ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ
Jordanes ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
engagedIn trade with Greek colonies ⓘ
ethnicGroup Thracians ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Danube ⓘ
surface form: Lower Danube

Moesia ⓘ
Scythia Minor ⓘ
interactedWith Classical Greek colonies on the Black Sea ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
knownFrom Greek sources ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
mentionedAs Getae in Latin ⓘ
Getai in Greek ⓘ
neighborOf Greeks ⓘ
Scythians ⓘ
Thracians ⓘ
partOf ancient Balkans history ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal chiefdoms ⓘ
practiced archery ⓘ
horseback warfare ⓘ
regionToday Bulgaria ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
sometimesIdentifiedWith Dacian tribes ⓘ
surface form: Dacians
subgroupOf Thracians ⓘ
surface form: Thracian tribes
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
used fortified hilltop settlements ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Thracians → subgroup → Getae ⓘ
Dacian language → associatedPeople → Getae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Getae (often linked in ancient sources)
Zalmoxis → culture → Getae ⓘ
Zalmoxis → worshipedBy → Getae ⓘ
Burebista → languageContext → Getae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geto-Dacian
Scythia Minor → inhabitedBy → Getae ⓘ