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Dacia during the reign of Burebista, 82 BC.
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Capital | Sarmizegetusa Regia | |||||||||
Languages | Dacian, Greek,Latin | |||||||||
Religion | Zamolxism | |||||||||
Government | Non-hereditarymonarchy | |||||||||
King | ||||||||||
• | beginning of the 2nd century BC | Rubobostes | ||||||||
• | first half of the 2nd century BC | Oroles | ||||||||
• | 82-44 BC | Burebista | ||||||||
• | 44–27 BC | Cotiso | ||||||||
• | 27–29 BC/AD | Comosicus | ||||||||
• | 29–69 AD | Scorilo | ||||||||
• | 69–87 AD | Duras | ||||||||
• | 87–106 AD | Decebalus | ||||||||
High Priest | Deceneus (viceroy/king) | |||||||||
Comosicus (later a king) | ||||||||||
Aristocracy | Tarabostes | |||||||||
Historical era | Classical antiquity | |||||||||
• | Established | 168 BC | ||||||||
• | Domitian's Dacian War | 84–88 AD | ||||||||
• | Trajan's Dacian Wars | 101–106 AD | ||||||||
• | Disestablished | 106 AD | ||||||||
Currency | Coson, Denarius. | |||||||||
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In ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia (/ˈdeɪʃiə, -ʃə/) was the land inhabited by the Dacians. The Greeks referred to them as the Getae, which were specifically a branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus Mons (the Balkan Mountains).
Dacia was bounded in the south approximately by the Danubius river (Danube), in Greek sources the Istros, or at its greatest extent, by the Haemus Mons. Moesia (Dobruja), a region south of the Danube, was a core area where the Getae lived and interacted with the Ancient Greeks. In the east it was bounded by the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea) and the river Danastris (Dniester), in Greek sources the Tyras. But several Dacian settlements are recorded between the rivers Dniester and Hypanis (Southern Bug), and the Tisia (Tisza) to the west.