Kingdom of Dacia
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Was an ancient Kingdom having similar borders to modern-day Romania. It was the Kingdom of the Dacians, a population of unclear origin.
Establishment
January 81 BC: A Dacian Kingdom of variable size existed between 82 BC until the Roman conquest in 106 AD. Dacia was the region between the rivers Tisza, Danube, upper Dniester, and Siret.
Chronology
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The Iazyges migrated in the Pannonian Basin and established a kingdom.
January 21: The Lazyges migrated, at the behest of the Roman emperor Tiberius with whom they maintained relations of friendship populi romani, in the great Hungarian plain of Tisza around 20 AD.
Were the Roman military campaigns in Dacia that led to the conquest of that region.
January 105: The agreements established in 102 were not respected by the Dacians. In fact, Decebalus not only rearmed the army and rebuilt the old fortresses around the capital but attacked the Iazyges, allies of the Romans, taking possession of some of their territories (as part of the Banat).
2.1.Domitian's Dacian War
Was the war of Roman Emperor Domitian against the Dacians under King Duras, that had invaded the Roman province of Moesia.
April 86: At the end of 85 or the beginning of 86 AD, the Dacian king Duras ordered his troops to attack the Roman province of Moesia on the southern course of the Danube river.
January 87: Domitian and his general Fuscus repelled the invasion but were not able on their turn to succesfully invade Dacia.
2.2.First Dacian War
Was the first campaign in Dacia by Roman emperor Trajan. Dacia became a Roman client.
January 102: Tapae in Dacia (modern-day Otelu Rost) conquered by Roman Empire.
January 102: The invading Roman army reaches Tibiscum (modern Timișoara), in Dacia.
April 102: Trajan's offensive resumed in March. This time, the advance started from several fronts.
January 103: The Dacians renounced to an independent foreign policy, once again accepting the status of socii populi romani.
January 103: Trajan then divided the army into at least three columns, through which he began to besiege the Dacian fortresses of the Orăștie mountains. Dacian citadels, such as that of Costești, fell one after another.
2.3.Second Dacian War
Was the second campaign in Dacia by Roman emperor Trajan. It started when the Dacian king, Decebalus, broke the peace terms with Rome. Dacia was annexed by the Roman Empire.
September 106: The next year they gradually conquered the mountain fortress system that surrounded the Dacian capital, Sarmizegetusa. The final decisive battle took place near the walls of Sarmizegetusa, during the summer of 106.
January 54 BC: After 55 BC the Dacians under King Burebista conquered Dobruja and all the Greek colonies on the coast.
January 43 BC: End of the Kingdom of Dacia.
Disestablishment
September 106: The next year they gradually conquered the mountain fortress system that surrounded the Dacian capital, Sarmizegetusa. The final decisive battle took place near the walls of Sarmizegetusa, during the summer of 106.
