Dacia

File:Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg

A map of the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia

The Roman province of Dacia was in the Balkans. It included Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia in the modern Romania, and Muntenia and southern Moldova. It did not include the nearby regions of Moesia.

It was a big district in Central Europe of the Roman Empire. The northern part of the border was made up of the Carpathians; the southern part of the border of Dacia was made up of the Danube River, and the western part of the border of Dacia was made up of the Tisza River. Along the borders many Roman strongpoints built. The Dacia district protected the Empire from foreign tribes of the north east side.

The place where Dacia once was is now made up of Romania and Moldova, along with some parts of Hungary, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The capital of Dacia was Sarmizegetusa. The name of Romania came probably from the idea of the former "Romans country".

Dacia was added to the Roman Empire in its earliest days by the Emperor Trajan. Despite its wealth, it was the first province from which Rome withdrew.

From circa 168 BC to 106 AD, Dacia was an independent kingdom ruled by the Dacians, whom were native to the region. They were conquered by the Romans in 106 AD.

Gallery

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  Old entrance to castra Porolissum

• Ruins

Dacia Media

• Sarmisegetusa Regia - Zona sacra – Gradistea Muntelui, Muntii Sureanu, Hunedoara, Romania 21.JPG

  A section of the Sarmizegetusa ruins.

• Territorial Evolution of the Dacian tribes and kingdoms (Author Portasa Cristian) (Platform HistoAtlas and Wikipedia).webm

  The territorial evolution of the Dacian tribes and kingdoms until the Roman conquest, according to ancient sources.

• Daci Terra Getarum cf Strabo.JPG

  Dacia cf. Strabo (c. 20 AD)

• Harta Dacia Brue Adrien Hubert.jpg

  The map of Dacia by Brue Adrien Hubert (1826)

• Sarmizegetusa Regia 2011 2.jpg

  View of the sanctuary from Dacians' capital Sarmizegetusa Regia

• Ptolemy Cosmographia Dacia+Danube.jpg

  Dacia map cf. Ptolemy (2nd century AD)

• Dacia after 100 AD..jpg

  Location of Trajan's bridge.

• Dacian Kingdom under Burebista.png

  The biggest extent of the Dacian Kingdom under Burebista according to Strabo

• Roman province of Dacia (106 - 271 AD).svg

  Roman Dacia and Moesia Inferior

Other websites

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