Dacian warfare, the Glossary

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1. 94 relations: Ancient Celtic warfare, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Ancient Rome, Arsenal, Balkans, Battle of Adamclisi, Battle of Sarmizegetusa, Blade, Bohemia, Boii, Burebista, Carnyx, Carpathian Mountains, Celts, Civil war, Client state, Cornelius Fuscus, Corselet, Cothelas, Criton of Heraclea, Dacia, Dacian draco, Dacians, Dacicus, Danube, Dava (Dacian), Decebalus, Diadochi, Domitian, Domitian's Dacian War, Drava, Falx, Fortification, Free Dacians, Gaius Licinius Mucianus, Gaius Oppius Sabinus, Garrison, Germanic peoples, Getae, Greave, Hellenization, Helmet, Horace, Iazyges, Illyrian warfare, Illyrians, Julius Caesar, La Tène culture, Latin, ... Expand index (44 more) »

2. Ancient warfare
3. Military history of Dacia

Ancient Celtic warfare

Ancient Celtic warfare refers to the historical methods of warfare employed by various Celtic people and tribes from Classical antiquity through the Migration period. Unlike modern military systems, Celtic groups did not have a standardized regular military. Instead, their organization varied depending on clan groupings and social class within each tribe. Dacian warfare and Ancient Celtic warfare are ancient warfare.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Arsenal

An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Battle of Adamclisi

The Battle of Adamclisi was a major clash during the Dacian Wars, fought in the winter of 101 to 102 between the Roman Empire and the Dacians near Adamclisi, in modern Romania.

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Battle of Sarmizegetusa

The Battle of Sarmizegetusa (also spelled Sarmizegethuza) was a siege of Sarmizegetusa, the capital of Dacia, fought in Trajan's Second Dacian War in 106 between the army of the Roman Emperor Trajan, and the Dacians led by King Decebalus.

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Blade

A blade is the sharp, cutting portion of a tool, weapon, or machine, specifically designed to puncture, chop, slice, or scrape surfaces or materials.

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Bohemia

Bohemia (Čechy; Böhmen; Čěska; Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.

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Boii

The Boii (Latin plural, singular Boius; Βόιοι) were a Celtic tribe of the later Iron Age, attested at various times in Cisalpine Gaul (present-day Northern Italy), Pannonia (present-day Austria and Hungary), present-day Bavaria, in and around present-day Bohemia (after whom the region is named in most languages; comprising the bulk of today's Czech Republic), parts of present-day Slovakia and Poland, and Gallia Narbonensis (located in modern Languedoc and Provence).

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Burebista

Burebista (Βυρεβίστας, Βοιρεβίστας) was the king of the Getae and Dacian tribes from 82/61BC to 45/44BC.

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Carnyx

The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BC and c. AD 200.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

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Civil war

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).

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Client state

In the field of international relations, a client state, is a state that is economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state.

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Cornelius Fuscus

Cornelius Fuscus (died 86 AD) was a Roman general who fought campaigns under the Emperors of the Flavian dynasty.

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Corselet

In women's clothing, a corselet or corselette is a type of foundation garment, sharing elements of both bras and girdles.

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Cothelas

Cothelas (Κοθήλας), also known as Gudila (fl. 4th century BC), was a king of the Getae who ruled an area near the Black Sea, between northern Thrace and the Danube.

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Criton of Heraclea

Criton of Heraclea (Κρίτων, Titus Statilius Crito) was a 2nd-century (c. 100 AD) Greek chief physician and procurator of Roman Emperor Trajan (98–117) in the campaign in Dacia.

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Dacia

Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west.

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Dacian draco

The Dacian draco was a military standard used by troops of the ancient Dacian people, which can be seen in the hands of the soldiers of Decebalus in several scenes depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy. Dacian warfare and Dacian draco are military history of Dacia.

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Dacians

The Dacians (Daci; loc Δάοι, Δάκαι) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea.

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Dacicus

The dacicus (meaning "Dacian") was a gold coin issued during the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (50–96) in honor of his claimed victory against the Dacians in the 1st century.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Dava (Dacian)

Dava (Latinate plural davae) was a Geto-Dacian name for a city, town or fortress.

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Decebalus

Decebalus (Decebal; Dekebalos), sometimes referred to as Diurpaneus, was the last Dacian king.

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Diadochi

The Diadochi (singular: Diadochos; from Successors) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC.

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Domitian

Domitian (Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96.

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Domitian's Dacian War

Domitian's Dacian War was a conflict between the Roman Empire and the Dacian Kingdom, which had invaded the province of Moesia.

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Drava

The Drava or Drave (Drau,; Drava; Drava; Dráva; Drava), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. by Jürgen Utrata (2014). Retrieved 10 Apr 2014. With a length of,, 27 November 2014 or, if the length of its Sextner Bach source is added, it is the fifth or sixth longest tributary of the Danube, after the Tisza, Sava, Prut, Mureș and likely Siret.

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Falx

The falx was a weapon with a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge used by the Thracians and Dacians.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Free Dacians

The so-called Free Dacians (Dacii liberi) is the name given by some modern historians to those Dacians who putatively remained outside, or emigrated from, the Roman Empire after the emperor Trajan's Dacian Wars (AD 101-6).

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Gaius Licinius Mucianus

Gaius Licinius Mucianus (fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman general, statesman and writer.

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Gaius Oppius Sabinus

Gaius Oppius Sabinus (died AD 85) was a Roman Senator who held at least one office in the emperor's service.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Germanic peoples

The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.

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Getae

The Getae or Gets (Γέται, singular Γέτης) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania.

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Greave

A greave (from the Old French greve "shin, shin armor") or jambeau is a piece of armor that protects the leg.

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Hellenization

Hellenization (also spelled Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks.

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Helmet

A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head.

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC),Suetonius,. commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96.

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Iazyges

The Iazyges were an ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in 200BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine.

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Illyrian warfare

The history of the Illyrians spans from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC up to the 1st century AD in the region of Illyria and in southern Italy where the Iapygian civilization flourished. Dacian warfare and Illyrian warfare are ancient warfare.

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Illyrians

The Illyrians (Ἰλλυριοί, Illyrioi; Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.

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La Tène culture

The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Legionary

The Roman legionary (in Latin legionarius;: legionarii) was a citizen soldier of the Roman army.

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List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia

This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia.

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List of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia

This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia (Θρᾴκη, Δακία) including possibly or partly Thracian or Dacian tribes, and non-Thracian or non-Dacian tribes that inhabited the lands known as Thrace and Dacia.

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List of kings of Thrace and Dacia

This article lists kings of Thrace and Dacia, and includes Thracian, Paeonian, Celtic, Dacian, Scythian, Persian or Ancient Greek up to the point of its fall to the Roman Empire, with a few figures from Greek mythology.

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Lucan

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain).

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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia (Μακεδονία), also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.

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Macedonia (Roman province)

Macedonia (Μακεδονία) was a province of ancient Rome, encompassing the territory of the former Antigonid Kingdom of Macedonia, which had been conquered by the Roman Republic in 168 BC at the conclusion of the Third Macedonian War.

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Manica (armguard)

A manica (manica, "sleeve") or cheires by the Greeks was a type of iron or bronze arm guard, with curved and overlapping metal segments or plates, fastened to leather straps, worn by Roman gladiators called crupellarii, and later optionally by soldiers.

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Marcus Vinicius (consul 19 BC)

Marcus Vinicius (also spelled Vinucius) was a Roman senator and general, who held a number of posts in the service of the first Roman emperor, Augustus.

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Militarism

Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

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Moesia

Moesia (Latin: Moesia; Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River.

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Pannonia

Pannonia was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia.

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Phrygian helmet

The Phrygian helmet, also known as the Thracian helmet, was a type of helmet that originated in ancient Greece and was widely used throughout the Hellenistic world until well into the period of the Roman Empire.

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Polearm

A polearm or pole weapon is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, extending the user's effective range and striking power.

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Popina Island

Popina Island is a Romanian island in the northern part of the Razelm Lake (Razim).

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Roman legion

The Roman legion (legiō), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Roxolani

The Roxolani or Rhoxolāni (Ροξολανοι, Ρωξολανοι; Rhoxolānī) were a Sarmatian people documented between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD, first east of the Borysthenes (Dnieper) on the coast of Lake Maeotis (Sea of Azov), and later near the borders of Roman Dacia and Moesia.

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Sarmizegetusa Regia

Sarmizegetusa Regia (also known as Sarmisegetusa, Sarmisegethusa, Sarmisegethuza) was the capital and the most important military, religious and political centre of the Dacians before the wars with the Roman Empire.

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Scordisci

The Scordisci (Σκορδίσκοι; Scordiscii, Scordistae) were an Iron Age cultural group who emerged after the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, and who were centered in the territory of present-day Serbia, at the confluence of the Savus (Sava), Dravus (Drava), Margus (Morava) and Danube rivers.

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Scythians

The Scythians or Scyths (but note Scytho- in composition) and sometimes also referred to as the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern Iranic equestrian nomadic people who had migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia, where they remained established from the 7th century BC until the 3rd century BC.

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Second Battle of Tapae

The Second Battle of Tapae in 88 AD was the decisive battle of Domitian's Dacian War, in which the Roman Emperor defeated the Dacian King Decebalus's army in Tapae.

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Shield

A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand, which may or may not be strapped to the wrist or forearm.

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Sica

The sica is a short sword or large dagger of ancient Illyrians, Thracians, and Dacians, it was also used in Ancient Rome.

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Sickle

A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain crops, or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock.

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Suebi

The Suebi (also spelled Suevi) or Suebians were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.

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Tacitus

Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (–), was a Roman historian and politician.

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Tapae

Tapae was a fortified settlement, guarding Sarmizegetusa, the main political centre of Dacia.

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Testudo formation

In ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a type of shield wall formation commonly used by the Roman legions during battles, particularly when they were the attacking force during sieges.

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Tettius Julianus

Lucius Tettius Julianus was a Roman general who held a number of imperial appointments during the Flavian dynasty.

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Thracian warfare

The history of Thracian warfare spans from the 10th century BC up to the 1st century AD in the region defined by Ancient Greek and Latin historians as Thrace. Dacian warfare and Thracian warfare are ancient warfare.

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Thracians

The Thracians (translit; Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.

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Tisza

The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza begins near Rakhiv in Ukraine, at the confluence of the and, which is at coordinates (the former springs in the Chornohora mountains; the latter in the Gorgany range).

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column (Colonna Traiana, Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.

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Trajan's Dacian Wars

Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule.

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Tyrant

A tyrant, in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty.

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Vitellius

Aulus Vitellius (24 September 1520 December 69) was Roman emperor for eight months, from 19 April to 20 December AD 69.

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War of aggression

A war of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation, in contrast with the concept of a just war.

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Warrior

A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste.

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Water supply

Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.

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Weapon

A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill.

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See also

Ancient warfare

• Ancient Celtic warfare
• Ancient Greek warfare
• Ancient Warfare (magazine)
• Ancient warfare
• Arab archery
• Ballista elephant
• Champion warfare
• Chariot
• Cimmerian invasion of Phrygia
• Comitatus
• Dacian warfare
• Early Germanic warfare
• Etruscan military history
• Eurasian nomads
• Hill forts
• Hillfort
• Horned helmet
• Illyrian warfare
• Kikkuli
• Kontos (weapon)
• Maryannu
• Mesopotamian military strategy and tactics
• Military history of ancient Egypt
• Military history of ancient Greece
• Military history of ancient Rome
• Mounted archery
• Nataruk
• Parthian army
• Sea Peoples
• Star war
• Thracian warfare
• Tropaion
• War elephant
• War elephants
• War pig
• Warfare in Minoan Art
• Warfare in Sumer
• Warfare in ancient Greek art
• Warfare in the ancient Iberian Peninsula
• Women in ancient warfare

Military history of Dacia

• Aelius Catus
• Dacian draco
• Dacian fortresses
• Dacian warfare
• Dacian weapons
• Decebalus treasure
• Draconarius
• Helmet of Agighiol
• Helmet of Iron Gates
• Helmet of Peretu
• Ludus Dacicus
• Murus Dacicus

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacian_warfare

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