The Statue of Dacian king Decebalus is a 40-meter high statue that is the tallest rock sculpture in Europe. It is located on the Danube rocky bank, near the city of Orşova, Romania. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (720x956, 148 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Statue of Decebalus ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (720x956, 148 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Statue of Decebalus ... Decebalus, from Trajans Column Decebalus (ruled 87-106 CE) (Decebal in Romanian) was a Dacian king. ... The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian and Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Orşova (Hungarian: Orsova, German: Orschowa) is a port town on the Danube, in the Mehedinti county in southwestern Romania. ...
The idea was of Romanian businessman and historian Iosif Constantin Drăgan and it took 10 years for the 12 sculptors to finish it and in the end, it costed over a million dollars.
Right in front of the statue, but on the Serbian shore, facing Romania can be found an ancient memorial plaque ("Tabula Traiana"), commemorating the victories of Roman Empire over the Dacian kingdom in 105. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 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), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine Empire. ... 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... Events The Chinese refine papermaking. ...
Under the face of Decebal there is a Latin inscription which reads "DECEBAL REX - DRAGAN FECIT" ("King Decebal - Made by Dragan").
Decebalus, learning of his advance, became frightened, since he well knew that on the former occasion it was not the Romans that he had conquered, but Domitian, whereas now he would be fighting against both Romans and Trajan, the emperor.
Decebalus then sent an invitation to Longinus, a leader of the Roman army who had made himself a terror to the king in the wars, and persuaded him to meet him, on the pretext that he would do whatever should be demanded.
Decebalus, when his capital and all his territory had been occupied and he was himself in danger of being captured, committed suicide; and his head was brought to Rome.
The Statue of Dacian king Decebalus is a 40-meter high statue that is the tallest rock sculpture in Europe.
The idea was of Romanian businessman and historian Iosif Constantin Drăgan and it took 10 years for the 12 sculptors to finish it and in the end, it costed over a million dollars.
Right in front of the statue, but on the Serbian shore, facing Romania can be found an ancient memorial plaque ("Tabula Traiana"), commemorating the victories of Roman Empire over the Dacian kingdom in 105.
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