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.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European people
ancient people
archaeologicalCulture Dacian fortified davae (towns)
conflictWith Roman Empire
Roman Republic
conqueredBy Roman Empire
conquestDate 106 AD
culturalRegion Thrace
defeatedBy Emperor Trajan
economyBasedOn agriculture
mining
pastoralism
ethnicGroupOf Dacians
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
mountain fortresses in the Orăștie Mountains
resistance to Roman expansion
wars with the Roman Empire
legacy considered ancestors of part of the Romanian people
majorDeity Zalmoxis
notableConflict Domitian’s Dacian War
Trajan’s First Dacian War
Trajan’s Second Dacian War
notableResource gold
iron
silver
partOf Geto-Dacian cultural complex
politicalStructure tribal confederations
relatedEthnicallyTo Getae
Thracians
religion polytheism
resultOfConquest creation of Roman province of Dacia
spokeLanguage Dacian language
timePeriod 1st century AD
1st millennium BC
2nd century AD
unifiedUnder Burebista
Decebalus

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Costoboci ("Dacians")
Dacian tribes ("Dacians")
ethnicGroupOf
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari ("Getae (Geto-Dacian) tribe")
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

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