The Carpi or Carpians were a Dacian tribe that were originally located on the Eastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains, in what is now Bacău county, Romania. Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, a subtribe of the Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa (Tisza river, in Hungary), on the east by the Tyras... Satellite image of the Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains (Czech, Polish, and Slovak: Karpaty; Serbian: Karpati; Hungarian: Kárpátok; Romanian: CarpaÅ£i; Ukrainian: Карпати, Karpaty) are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland... Romania with Bacău county highlighted Bacău is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at Bacău (population: 210,042). ...

Name

Their name (Carpi) seems to be connected to the place where they lived, meaning "rock" or "mountain" (cf. Albanian karpë='rock', from PIE *ker/sker). The name of the Carpathian mountains is thus probably either derived from their name, or their name is derived from the name of the mountains. Ptolemy first mentions the Carpates (Karpates) mountain range corresponding to the Western Carpathian mountain range. The Proto-Indo-Europeans are the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language, a prehistoric people of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. ... Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; c. ...

History

While most Dacian tribes (such as the Costoboci) were either defeated by the Roman Empire or overrun by germanic tribes such as the Vandals,the Carpians (probably a federation of free dacian tribes) increased their power in the 2nd century AD, becoming (until the barbarian invasions) the most important adversaries of the Roman empire in South-Eastern Europe.The Carpians where of no doubt, of dacian origin, but whith many sarmatian and roman influences.From the end of the 2nd century AD, the The Carpians began to be cough between the Roman Empire in the south and west, and the growing power of the Goths to the east.Howewer, after a series of wars, the Goths and the Carpians allie themselves against the common enemy, the Roman Empire. The Costoboci were a Dacian tribe. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire, and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. ... (1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century - other centuries) Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... Alternate meanings: see Dacia (disambiguation) Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci or Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa (Tisza river, in Hungary), on the east by... Sarmatian Cataphract Sarmatians, Sarmatae or Sauromatae (the second form is mostly used by the earlier Greek writers, the other by the later Greeks and the Romans) were a people whom Herodotus (4. ... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and several geographic locations. ... (1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century - other centuries) Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ...

Between 238 - 273, allied with the Goths, the Carpians raided the Roman province of Moesia.The Carps are possibly the tribe that attacked Callatis, Dionysopolis, and Marcianopolis in the early 3rd century. Becoming a nuisance for the Roman Empire, Diocletian fought them and took the title of "Carpicus Maximus" for defeating them in 297. According to Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (Liber XXVIII 1.5), they were moved by Diocletian to Pannonia, where they remained in and around the area located near the modern town of Pecs, until the hunnish invasion. Events Carpians invade Moesia, Maximinus Thrax campaigns against them. ... Events Under the command of Emperor Aurelian, the Roman Army sacks the city of Palmyra. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ... In ancient geography, Moesia was a district inhabited by a Thracian people. ... Dionysopolis was a town in ancient Moesia. ... Emperor Diocletian Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313 AD), born Diocles, was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305. ... This document is a list of victory titles assumed by Roman Emperors, not including assumption of the title Imperator (is itself a victory title); note that the Roman Emperors were not the only persons to assume victory titles (Maximinus Thrax acquired his victory title during the reign of a previous... Events Narseh of Persia and Diocletian conclude a peace treaty between Persia and Rome. ... Ammianus Marcellinus, thought by some to be the last Roman historian of worth, was born about A.D. 325‑330 likely at Antioch (the likelihood hingeing on whether he was the recipient of a surviving letter to a Marcellinus from a fellow citizen of Antioch). ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... Pécs Main Square Pécs (Croatian Pečuh, German Fünfkirchen, Slovak Päťkostolie, Turkish Peçuy) is one of the five largest cities of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country. ... Many historians consider the Huns (meaning person in Mongolian language) the first Turkic people mentioned in European history. ...

Sextus Aurelius Victor confirms this, but adds that it was the entire Carpian nation that was moved (De Caesaribus, 39:43), although this appears to be contradicted by later attacks of the Byzantine Empire from outside the empire. Sextus Aurelius Victor, prefect of Pannonia about 360 ( xxi. ...

Howewer, byzantine historian Zosimus mentioned them in the 5th century, using the name of Carpo-Dacians (possibly to distinguish them from the Carpians living in the Roman territory), as being defeated at the Danube by Byzantine Theodosius I in late 4th century(Book IV page 114. This was the last chronicle in which the Carpians appear. For the pope of this name see Pope Zosimus Zosimus, Greek historical writer, nourished at Constantinople during the second half of the 5th century A.D. According to Photius, he was a count, and held the office of advocate of the imperial treasury. ... (4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries) // Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... Flavius Theodosius (Cauca (modern Coca, Segovia, Spain), January 11, 347 - Milan, January 17, 395), also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor. ... (3rd century - 4th century - 5th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...

Their fate (as the fate of the free dacians in general) is still a matter of debate to historians.Probably some of these free dacians retreated in the heavily forrested areas of the Carpathians, where together whith the daco-romanians formed later the romanian people, some where later either slavised (it has been sugested several times that the ruthenians may have been slavised free dacians), assimilated by some migrating people (like the Goths, or that they eventually migrated southward and that they could be the ancestors of Albanians. Ruthenians is a name that has been applied to different ethnic groups at different times; for an explanation of the reasons for this, see Ruthenia. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ...