Dacia and Dacians

Dacia and Dacians were the ancient region and people located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube. This gallery includes content related not only to Dacians but also to Getae and Moesi.

Pre-Roman conquest[edit]

Treasures, jewellery, coins[edit]

Geto-Dacian Kosons, mid 1st century BC.
Silver Dacian Bracelet
Dacian gold in Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum Dacian Bracelet
Silver koson

Art and symbols[edit]

Dacian symbols

Standards and Ensigns[edit]

Dacian standard Draco cf. Hungerford
Draco bearer cf. Duruy Victor
Flag
Trajan Column showing Draco and Dacian flag
Trajan Column showing Draco and Dacian flag
Dacian flag with serpent singn

Military Equipment[edit]

Dacian weaponry
Typical Falx
Shield pattern of Daci, according to Notitia Dignitatum,
Bronze age and Iron age artefacts
The Golden Helmet of Coţofeneşti - a pure gold Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the first half of the 4th century BC, currently at the National Museum of Romanian History
Helmet of Agighiol, silver and gold
Helmet of Cucuteni-Băiceni
The Helmet of Iron Gates - a silver Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the 4th century BC, currently at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Helmet of Peretu, silver and gold
Dacians' war shield and helmets based on the Trajan's Column, Rome (dated 2nd century AD) cf. to Grigore George Tocilescu (26 October 1850 – 18 September 1909), a Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, member of Romanian Academy
Hexagonal Shields
Dacian Shields
Dacian Artefact possible a ubo shield

Tools and Objects[edit]

Dacian tools exposed in Cluj Museum
Dacian tools exposed in Cluj Museum

Construction[edit]

Dacian Tomb in Cucuteni Village
Tumular Romb
Dacian water pipe
Paved Dacian road at Sarmizegetusa Regia
Dacian wall at Sarmizegetusa Regia

Towns and fortresses[edit]

Sarmizegetusa Regia
The ancient Dacian fortress Sarmizegetusa
Graphical reenactment of the Dacian dava discovered at Popeşti, Giurgiu, Romania, potentially Burebista's capital Argedava
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Religion and mythology[edit]

Temples at the ancient Dacian fortress Sarmizegetusa
A tomb painting at the Aleksandrovo Kurgan, a Thracian tomb located in Bulgaria. Hypothesis for identification as Zalmoxis (king, or priest, or god of the Thracian tribe Getae), or rather anonymous hero-king because of the double ax.
Dacian or Danubian Rider God, Bucuresti Museum
An inscription dedicated to Kotys (Either the deity or The King.)

People and life[edit]

A young Dacian cf. Duruy Victor

Kings[edit]

Burebista's statue in Orăştie, Romania

Maps[edit]

Map of Tribes
Map of Tribes
Getae & Dacians 200 BC
Dacian Kingdom under the rule of Burebista 60-44 BC
Dacian Kingdom, under the rule of Burebista, 82 BC
Onomastic range of the Dacian towns with the dava ending, covering Dacia, Moesia, Thrace and Dalmatia

Daco-Roman wars[edit]

Warfare[edit]

Booty from the Dacian
Dacian Scale Armour
Legionary with manica laminata with sword and Dacian falxman
Dacian Prisoners after Adamclisi battle
Message for the Dacians (Scene CXXXIX); Retreat and suicide of Dacians (Scene CXL)
Decebalus, king of the Dacians, dying by his own hand during his retreat
A mounted Dacian in Scale Armour cf. Hungerford; Others consider is a Sarmatian
Dacian Draco on Trajan's Column
Falx on Trajan's column

Maps[edit]

Map before roman conquest 100 AD
Map of the First Dacian War 101-102 AD
Map of the Second Dacian war 105-106 AD
Map of the Dacian wars 101-102 and 105-106 AD
Map of the First Dacian War 101-102
Map of the Second Dacian war 105-106 AD

Post-Roman conquest[edit]

People and life[edit]

Statue remnant of a Dacian prisoner
Portrait of a Dacian
Captive Dacian
Dacian bust at he time of Dacia's conques by Trajan
Second bust of Dacian of Trajan age
Third Dacian bust from Museo Chiaramonti.
Dacian from Louvre (II sec. AD)
Dacian from arch of Constantinus Magnus (II sec. AD)
Dacian, in Vatican Museums
Statue of a Dacian in "pavonazzetto" (docimenum) marble (upper part) in the court of Conservatori Palace in the Capitoline Museums
A bust of a Dacian (ancient people of Dacia) dated early 2nd century AD, marble. Located at St Petersburg - Hermitage
Statue of a Dacian in "pavonazzetto" (docimenum) marble (upper part) in the court of Conservatori Palace in the Capitoline Museums

Roman coinage[edit]

Trajan Denarius, Roman Dacia, 107 AD - Obverse. Image:Laureate head right. Text: "IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP", abbreviation from "Imperator. Trajan. Augustus. Germanicus. Dacius. Pontifex Maximus. Tribuniciae Potestate. Consul V. Pater Patriae"
Trajan Denarius, Roman Dacia, 107 AD - Reverse. Image:Dacian wearing peaked cap, seated on shield in mourning, with falx below. Text: "SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI", abbreviation from "Senatus Populus Que Romanus. Optimo Principi"
Dacia and Trajan
Dacia and Trajan
Dacia and Trajan
Dacia and Trajan
Dacia and Trajan
Dacia and Hadrian

Construction[edit]

Inscription from Sarmizegetusa
Milliarium of Aiton, a Roman milestone discovered in Aiton commune, near Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The milestone, is dating from 108 AD and shows the construction of the road from Potaissa to Napoca, by demand of the Emperor Trajan. It indicates the distance of ten thousand feet (P.M.X.) to Potaissa. It is the first epigraphical attestation of the settlements of Potaissa and Napoca in Roman Dacia
Ruins of the ancient Capidava fortress, in modern Capidava village, Constanţa County, Romania
Roman Castra Potaissa built after the conquest of Dacia by Trajan in 106 AD, located in modern Turda, Romania
Nicopolis ad Istrum, a Roman town founded by Emperor Trajan around 101-106, at the junction of the Iatrus with the Danube, in memory of his victory over the Dacians

Maps[edit]

Map of Dacia from ??? medieval book (currently at ???) made after Ptolemy's Geographia (ca. 140 AD)
Map of Dacia from 1467 medieval book (currently at the National Library of Poland) made after Ptolemy's Geographia (ca. 140 AD)
Roman provinces
Pannonia, Illyricum, Moesia, Macedonia Et Thracia
Roman era Balkans
Roman era Balkans
Roman Empire, Dacia province highlited
Map of the Roman Empire during 116, the province Dacia highlighted.
The province 106 AD-271 AD, Roman settlements and legion garrisons with latin names included.
The Roman province of Dacia
Dacians and Romans