The Dacian Draco was the standard of the ancient Dacian military. It had a wolf head with the mouth open, with a snake body, made out of bronze and it ended with some linen stripes. It was put on a rod and if held in the air while galloping, it emited a whistling, due to the air which entered the wolf's mouth. 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... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ...
The draco was originally developed by the Sarmatians and Alans, cavalry peoples of the steppes.The earliest evidence of the Draco in Dacia was found on a 4th century BC pottery found in Prahova county, Romania. On the Trajan's Column, the Dacian soldiers are ofter represented carrying a Dacian Draco: there are no less than 20 representations of the Draco. The only copy left was found in Germany, which was probably a trophy won by the Roman troops from the fights with the Dacians. After the Dacian wars, the draco was adopted by Roman cavalry. Sarmatian horseman 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. ... The Alans or Alani were an Iranian nomadic group among the Sarmatian people, warlike nomadic pastoralists of mixed backgrounds, who spoke an Iranian language and shared, in a broad sense, a common culture. ... (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire Romans build first aqueduct Chinese use bellows The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian... Administrative map of Romania with Prahova county highlighted Prahova is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Ploieşti (population: 253,068). ... Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania; Romanian: România) is a country in southeastern Europe. ... Trajans Column is a monument in Rome raised by order of emperor Trajan. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ...
The second one was the Roman province Dacia Trajana, established as a consequence of the Dacian Wars during 101-106, comprising of the regions known today as Banat, Oltenia and Transylvania.
Due to a decrease in population of the conquered territory, caused by the recent Dacian Wars and consequent flight of many Dacians north of Carpathian mountains, colonists were imported to cultivate the land and work the mines alongside the Dacian population that can be seen on Trajan's Column submitting to Trajan during the Dacian Wars.
After the Dacian Wars, Dacians were recruited into the Roman Army, and were employed in the construction and guarding of Hadrian's Wall in Britain, or elsewhere in the Roman Empire.
The Dacians were known as Geton (plural Getae) in Greek writings, and as Dacus (plural Daci) and Getae in Roman documents; also as Dagae and Gaete— see the late Roman map Tabula Peutingeriana.
Dacian Kingdom, during the rule of Burebista, 82 BC Towards the west Dacia may originally have extended as far as the Danube where it runs from north to south at Waitzen (Vacz).
The Dacians in Roman territory adopted the religion and language of the conquerors (but whether the Romanian language, a Romance language, developed from this Romanization in Dacia is disputed: see Origin of Romanians).
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