Roman Dacia Facts for Kids

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Provincia Dacia
Ἐπαρχία Δακίας

Province of the Roman Empire

107–275

Roman province of Dacia (125 AD)

Capital

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Historical era

Classical Antiquity

• Annexed by Trajan

107

• Withdrawal by Roman Emperor Aurelian

275

Preceded by

Dacian Kingdom

Today part of

The Roman province of Dacia on the Balkans included the modern Romanian regions of Transylvania, Banat and Oltenia, and temporarily Muntenia and southern Moldova, but not the nearby regions of Moesia. It was added to the Roman empire in its earliest days under the war of conquest by the Emperor Trajan, and was ironically—considering its wealth— the first of the Roman provinces from which Rome withdrew.

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The Dacian Kingdom around 100 AD, before the Roman conquest
Trajan's Column in 1820
Trajan receives homage from a Dacian chieftain who betrayed Decebalus
A captive Dacian, Capitoline Museums, Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
The lower Danube in Roman times map by Gustav Droysen
The sanctuaries in the ruined Sarmizegetusa Regia, the capital of ancient Dacia
Emperor Hadrian (117–138), as depicted in the Antalya Museum
Bronze coin of the emperor Hadrian commemorating his visit to Dacia
Emperor Antoninus Pius (138–161)
Statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161–180), on Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
Emperor Pertinax (193). Statue found at Apulum. On display at the National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia, Romania.
Emperor Commodus (180–193), as depicted in a museum in Ephesos, Turkey
Emperor Septimius Severus (193–211). Marble bust from the Glyptothek in Munich.
Bust of Emperor Caracalla (211–217). Cast in the Pushkin Museum (Moscow) after original in Naples.
Cast of a captive Dacian in the early 2nd century presented at the Pushkin Museum
A sestertius minted to commemorate the province of Dacia and its legions
The amphitheatre at Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
Emperor Philip the Arab (244–249)
Emperor Gallienus (260–268)
Emperor Aurelian (270–275)
Emperor Diocletian (284–305)
Emperor Constantine I (306–337)

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