Dacian tribes
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The Dacian tribes were ancient Indo-European peoples inhabiting the region of modern-day Romania and surrounding areas, known for their fierce resistance to Roman expansion and involvement in several major conflicts with the Roman Empire.
Aliases (5)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European people
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ancient people → |
| archaeologicalCulture |
Dacian fortified davae (towns)
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| conflictWith |
Roman Empire
→
Roman Republic → |
| conqueredBy |
Roman Empire
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|
| conquestDate |
106 AD
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| culturalRegion |
Thrace
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|
| defeatedBy |
Emperor Trajan
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| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
→
mining → pastoralism → |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Dacians
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| influencedBy |
Celtic tribes
→
Greek culture → Scythians → |
| inhabitedRegion |
Carpathian Mountains
→
Dacia → Transylvania → modern-day Romania → parts of modern-day Bulgaria → parts of modern-day Hungary → parts of modern-day Moldova → parts of modern-day Serbia → |
| knownFor |
fortified hilltop settlements
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mountain fortresses in the Orăștie Mountains → resistance to Roman expansion → wars with the Roman Empire → |
| legacy |
considered ancestors of part of the Romanian people
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| majorDeity |
Zalmoxis
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| notableConflict |
Domitian’s Dacian War
→
Trajan’s First Dacian War → Trajan’s Second Dacian War → |
| notableResource |
gold
→
iron → silver → |
| partOf |
Geto-Dacian cultural complex
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| politicalStructure |
tribal confederations
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|
| relatedEthnicallyTo |
Getae
→
Thracians → |
| religion |
polytheism
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|
| resultOfConquest |
creation of Roman province of Dacia
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| spokeLanguage |
Dacian language
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| timePeriod |
1st century AD
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1st millennium BC → 2nd century AD → |
| unifiedUnder |
Burebista
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Decebalus → |
Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Costoboci
("Dacians")
→
Dacian tribes ("Dacians") → |
ethnicGroupOf |
|
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari
("Getae (Geto-Dacian) tribe")
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|
associatedWith |
|
Marcomannic Wars
→
|
conflictCombatant |
|
Iazyges
("Dacians")
→
|
conflictedWith |
|
Bastarnae
("Dacians (intermittent)")
→
|
conflictWith |
|
Pannonia
("Dacians")
→
|
inhabitedBy |
|
Dacian Wars
("Dacians")
→
|
mainBelligerent |
|
Dacian tribes
("Geto-Dacian cultural complex")
→
|
partOf |
|
Dacian tribes
("Getae")
→
|
relatedEthnicallyTo |