The Topography of the First Dacian War of Trajan : A New Approach

Trajan was a Roman Emperor, and the second of the “five good emperors,” who reigned from 98 CE until his death in 117 CE. Trajan served as a general in the Roman army and helped to crush the revolt of Antonius Saturninus in 89 CE. He also led military campaigns in Dacia and Parthia, which contributed to the first large-scale expansion of Roman territory... [continue reading]

Dacia was a region inhabited by the Dacians in the north of the Danube (modern Romania). The kingdom of Dacia was the creation of Burebistas (ca. 80-44 BCE), who conquered and united several other Dacian principalities. Burebistas practically destroyed the Celtic tribes of the Scordiscii and subjected or allied with the Greek cities of the Western Black Sea... [continue reading]

The word 'war' comes to English by the old High German language word 'Werran’ (to confuse or to cause confusion) through the Old English 'Werre' (meaning the same), and is a state of open and usually declared armed conflict between political entities such as sovereign states or between rival political or social factions within the same... [continue reading]