Dacian Wars

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Roman military campaign ancient war war

The Dacian Wars were a series of early 2nd-century Roman military campaigns in which Emperor Trajan conquered the Dacian kingdom, expanding the Roman Empire and securing its northeastern frontier.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Domitian’s Dacian War 1
First Dacian War 1
Second Dacian War 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military campaign ⓘ
ancient war ⓘ
war ⓘ
capitalCaptured Sarmizegetusa Regia ⓘ
category 2nd-century conflicts ⓘ
Wars involving the Roman Empire ⓘ
cause Dacian raids across the Danube ⓘ
Roman desire to control Dacian gold mines ⓘ
strategic control of Danube frontier ⓘ
commander Trajan ⓘ
commemoratedBy Trajan's Column ⓘ
Trajan's Forum ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of Dacia ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
depictedIn Adamclisi Tropaeum Traiani monument ⓘ
reliefs on Trajan's Column ⓘ
economicImpact influx of Dacian gold into Roman treasury ⓘ
emperorOfVictoriousSide Trajan ⓘ
endTime 106 ⓘ
hasPart Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Dacian War

Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Dacian War
historicalSource Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ
surface form: Cassius Dio's Roman History

inscriptions and reliefs on Trajan's Column ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Latin ⓘ
location Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Carpathian Mountains region

Dacia ⓘ
Danube region ⓘ
surface form: Lower Danube region
mainBelligerent Dacian tribes ⓘ
surface form: Dacians

Roman Empire ⓘ
militaryInnovation construction of bridges over the Danube ⓘ
extensive use of Roman siege works ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Tapae ⓘ
Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Sarmizegetusa
notableStructure Danube Bridge of Trajan ⓘ
surface form: Trajan's Bridge over the Danube
opposingCommander Decebalus ⓘ
partOf Roman expansion wars ⓘ
predecessorConflict Domitian's Dacian Wars ⓘ
regionNowIn modern Romania ⓘ
parts of modern Serbia ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
annexation of Dacia by Rome ⓘ
creation of Roman province of Dacia ⓘ
expansion of Roman Empire to the Carpathians ⓘ
securing of northeastern frontier of Roman Empire ⓘ
suicide of Decebalus ⓘ
startTime 101 ⓘ
territorialChange Dacia annexed as Roman province ⓘ
timePeriod early 2nd century ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Trajan's Column → commemorates → Dacian Wars ⓘ
Dacian Wars → hasPart → Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Dacian War
Dacian Wars → hasPart → Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Dacian War
Trajan → knownFor → Dacian Wars ⓘ
Dacian Wars → notableBattle → Dacian Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Sarmizegetusa
Dacian tribes → notableConflict → Dacian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domitian’s Dacian War
Dacian tribes → notableConflict → Dacian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trajan’s First Dacian War
Dacian tribes → notableConflict → Dacian Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trajan’s Second Dacian War