The Early Middle Ages in Romania started with the withdrawal of the Roman troops and administration from Dacia province in the 270s. In the next millennium a series of peoples, most of whom only contr
Gutthiuda, the country of Thervingi
Pieces of the Pietroasele Treasure
Golden ring with crosses found at Apahida Necropolis
9th-11th-century ceramics and objects from Alba Iulia area, in display at the National Museum of the Union
Gelou
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Gelou was the Vlach ruler of Transylvania at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 900 AD, according to the Gesta Hungarorum. Although the Gesta Hungarorum, which was writt
Gelou. Statuary in Gilău, Romania
First page of the lone manuscript preserving the text of the Gesta Hungarorum, the only chronicle which mentions Gelou
The Magyars' arrival in the Carpathian Basin in the Illuminated Chronicle; according to this source and other 14th-century chronicles, the Magyars arrived in Transylvania after crossing the Carpathian Mountains (contradicting Anonymus' report of the Magyar route)