The Dacians were the ancient Indo-European speaking inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea. They are often considered
Roman head of a Dacian of the type known from Trajan's Forum, AD 120–130, marble, on 18th-century bust
Two of the eight marble statues of Dacian warriors surmounting the Arch of Constantine in Rome.
Dacian Draco from Trajan's Column
Dacian cast in Pushkin Museum, after original in Lateran Museum. Early second century AD.
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. The Carpathian Mountains were locate
Dacians
…The Dacians (, DAY-shən; Latin: Daci ; Ancient Greek: Δάκοι, Δάοι, Δάκαι) were the ancient Indo-European speaking inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea. They are often considered a subgroup of the Thracians. This area includes…
A section of the Sarmizegetusa ruins.
Dacia cf. Strabo (c. 20 AD)
View of the sanctuary from Dacians' capital Sarmizegetusa Regia