Argedava (or Sargedava) was the capital of Burebista's Dacian kingdom. Modern Cotesti is located near ancient Argedava. Dacian Kingdom, during the rule of Burebista, 82 BC Burebista,[1] the greatest king of Dacia, ruled between 70 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercynia (todays Moravia) in the west, to the Bug River in the east, and from the northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis... 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...
Burebista, the greatest king of Dacia ruled between 70 BC-44 BC.
He unifies the Thracian population from Hercinica[?] (today's Moravia in the West, to the Bug in the East and from Northern Carpathians to Southern Dionysopolis[?], choosing his capital (called Argedava[?] or Sargedava[?]) near Costesti[?] (the Orastie[?] hills - see Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains).
The real name of Burebista was lost, but the fame was evoqued by the Greek writers, known under the name of Bu-ere-bu-ist-as ("the one that is not").
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