Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts were triggered by the constant Dacian threat on the Danubian province of Moesia and also by the increasing need for resources of the economy of the Empire.

Jan 15, 2025 · Trajan - Dacian Wars, Parthian Campaigns, Germanic Wars: Trajan’s civil accomplishments were impressive but, except for the alimenta, not innovative. He is renowned chiefly for abandoning the policy, established by Augustus and generally adhered to by his successors, of not extending the Roman frontiers. Despite his title Germanicus, his first year on the Rhine-Danube frontier was not marked ...

Aug 6, 2021 · Dacian wars were the two Emperor Trajan campaigns that took place in 101-102 and 105-106 CE. As a result, the Roman province of Dacia was created. Genesis and the First Dacian War. In the first century CE, Roman policy dictated treaties to surrounding tribes and countries that required recognition of Rome’s authority. Such conditions were not ...

Jun 7, 2021 · The Dacian Wars started after Decebalus (r. c. 87-106 CE) raided the Roman province of Moesia in 85 CE. Emperor Domitian's (r. 81-96 CE) Dacian campaigns in 86-87 CE reached an uneasy peace, but the conflict was renewed under the reign of Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). Trajan's Dacian Wars, recorded on Trajan's Column, ended with Decebalus' death, and Dacia became a Roman province.

Feb 14, 2017 · TRAJAN AND THE DACIANS – The Account of the Dacian Wars according to Cassius Dio (the Epitome of Dio’s Roman History, Book 68).. Last revised: Feb. 14, 2017. Introduction: Only a single sentence from Trajan’s own commentarii survives; to this orphaned fragment we can add the remnants of Cassius Dio’s accounts, first written some 70 or 80 years after Trajan’s death.

Invasion routes of Trajan 101-102. Trajan's First Dacian War took place from 101 to 102.. The Kingdom of Dacia, under King Decebalus, had become a threat to the Roman Empire, and defeated several of Rome's armies during Domitian's reign (81–96). Despite the peace treaty established after Domitian's Dacian War, Trajan was set on ridding their new threat to Rome's power and in 101 set out ...

Aug 9, 2022 · Trajan’s Dacian War actually occurred in two stages. The first war lasted from 101-102 CE. The Romans advanced into Dacia from the city of Viminacium. The city had been the base for the Roman invasion of Dacian territory during Domitian’s war previously. After crossing the Danube River and marching into the heart of Dacia, Trajan and the ...

Trajan's Second Dacian War was fought between 105 and 106 because the Dacian king, Decebalus, had broken his peace terms with the Roman Emperor Trajan from the Trajan's First Dacian War Before the War. Following his subjugation, Decebalus complied …

The Dacian Wars. Trajan’s first principal wars were fought against the Dacians, who inhabited a large territory encompassing much of Central Europe, ranging from the River Danube in the south to Black Sea in the East and encompassing the Carpathian Mountains. Dacia covered modern-day Romania and Moldova as well as parts of Bulgaria, Serbia ...

the Dacian conflicts, including the causes behind Domitian’s and Trajan’s individual decisions to attack Dacia. This study will explore various possible causes behind the Dacian Wars. A variety of reasons lead some to believe that the Romans felt threatened by the Dacians. The Romans attacked Dacia because of the latter’s military, political,