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Burebista is widely considered to be the greatest king of Dacia
Dacia

In ancient geography, Dacia was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Greeks "Getae". Dacia was a large district of East-Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathian Mountains, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisia or Tisza, on the east by the Tyras or Dniester, now in eastern Moldova....
. He ruled between 82 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercynia
Hercynia

Hercynia may refer to:*The Hercynian Forest.*a range of mountains mentioned in several classical sources, in apparently various regions of Europe....
 (today's Moravia
Moravia

Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
) in the west, to the Bug River
Bug river

Bug or Buh river refers to either:* Western Bug, a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus* Southern Bug, a river in Ukraine...
 in the east, and from the northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis. His capital was called Argedava
Argedava

Argedava was the capital of Burebista's Dacian kingdom. Modern Costesti is located near ancient Argedava....
 (or Sargedava) and was located near Costesti
Costesti

Costesti is a town in Arges County county, Wallachia, Romania. a recent census gives a population of 10,892....
 in the Orastie
Orastie

Orastie is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania....
 hills of southwestern Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
.

The spiritual center of the kingdom was called Kogaion
Kogaion

Kogaionon was the holy mountain of the Dacia, the place where Zalmoxis stayed in an underground cave for three years. After his disappearance into Kogaionon, he was considered dead by the Getae but after three years he resurrected and showed himself to the people, who became convinced by his holy preaching when he emerged from Kogaionon....
 (or Kagaion, the holy mountain) by the ancient geographer Strabo
Strabo

Strabo was a Ancient Greeks history, geography and philosophy....
.






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Burebista is widely considered to be the greatest king of Dacia
Dacia

In ancient geography, Dacia was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Greeks "Getae". Dacia was a large district of East-Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathian Mountains, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisia or Tisza, on the east by the Tyras or Dniester, now in eastern Moldova....
. He ruled between 82 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercynia
Hercynia

Hercynia may refer to:*The Hercynian Forest.*a range of mountains mentioned in several classical sources, in apparently various regions of Europe....
 (today's Moravia
Moravia

Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
) in the west, to the Bug River
Bug river

Bug or Buh river refers to either:* Western Bug, a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus* Southern Bug, a river in Ukraine...
 in the east, and from the northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis. His capital was called Argedava
Argedava

Argedava was the capital of Burebista's Dacian kingdom. Modern Costesti is located near ancient Argedava....
 (or Sargedava) and was located near Costesti
Costesti

Costesti is a town in Arges County county, Wallachia, Romania. a recent census gives a population of 10,892....
 in the Orastie
Orastie

Orastie is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania....
 hills of southwestern Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
.

The spiritual center of the kingdom was called Kogaion
Kogaion

Kogaionon was the holy mountain of the Dacia, the place where Zalmoxis stayed in an underground cave for three years. After his disappearance into Kogaionon, he was considered dead by the Getae but after three years he resurrected and showed himself to the people, who became convinced by his holy preaching when he emerged from Kogaionon....
 (or Kagaion, the holy mountain) by the ancient geographer Strabo
Strabo

Strabo was a Ancient Greeks history, geography and philosophy....
. It is believed to have been located somewhere in the Bucegi mountains. According to the historian Jordanes
Jordanes

Jordanes , was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat , who turned his hand to history later in life.Though he also wrote Romana , a book about the history of Rome, his most known work is his Getica, written in Constantinople about AD 551 ....
 (in his work Getica ), the greatest priest and adviser of Burebista was Dicineus (Deceneus), who held "almost royal powers" and taught the Dacians the belagines laws, ethics and sciences, including physics and astronomy.

Burebista sided with the inhabitants of the Greek cities on the Western coast of the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
 from Apollonia
Apollonia

Apollonia may be:People:*Saint Apollonia, of Alexandria*Apollonia Kotero, musician & actressPlaces::In Albania::In Bulgaria::In Greece::* Apollonia , an inland city in Epirus, founded by Corinth.:* Apollonia , an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, visited by the apostle Paul:* Apollonia , a coastal city near Th...
 to the Danube Delta
Danube Delta

The Danube river delta is the second largest delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent . The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania , while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine ....
 (South of the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
) when they were occupied by Varro Lucullus
Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus

Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus , younger brother of the more famous Lucullus, was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and consul of ancient Rome in 73 BC....
, the proconsul
Proconsul

Ancient RomeIn the Roman Republic, a proconsul was a promagistrate who, after serving as consul, spent a year as a Roman governor of a Roman province....
 of the province of Macedonia
Macedonia (Roman province)

The Roman province of Macedonia was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeated Andriscus of Macedon in 148 BC, and after the four client republics established by Rome in the region were dissolved....
 during the second Mithridatic War
Mithridatic Wars

There were three Mithridatic Wars between Roman Republic and Pontus in the first century BC. They are named for Mithridates VI who was King of Pontus at the time....
 (74 BC–72 BC). The Dacians defeated the Roman army of Gaius Antonius Hybrida
Gaius Antonius Hybrida

Gaius Antonius Hybrida was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was the second son of Marcus Antonius Orator and brother of Marcus Antonius Creticus....
 near Histria
Histria (Sinoe)

Ancient Histria or Istros , was a Greek colony or polis on the Black Sea coast, established by Milesian settlers to trade with the native Getae....
. As a result of this battle, the Greek cities of Tomis, Callatis, Dionysopolis and Apollonia
Apollonia

Apollonia may be:People:*Saint Apollonia, of Alexandria*Apollonia Kotero, musician & actressPlaces::In Albania::In Bulgaria::In Greece::* Apollonia , an inland city in Epirus, founded by Corinth.:* Apollonia , an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, visited by the apostle Paul:* Apollonia , a coastal city near Th...
 agreed to become part of Burebista's kingdom.

Burebista continued his incursion in the region, conquering the Celtic Aliobrix (Cartal, southern Bessarabia
Bessarabia

Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
, now part of Ukraine), Tyras
Tyras

Tyras, a colony of Miletus, probably founded about 600 BC, situated some 10 m from the mouth of the Tyras River . Of no great importance in early times, in the 2nd century BC it fell under the dominion of native kings whose names appear on its coins, and it was destroyed by the Getae about 50 BC....
 and Odessos
Odessos

Odessos is:* The ancient Milesians colony in Varna, Bulgaria.* The Greek name for Odessa, Ukraine....
 and destroying Olvia.

In 48 BC, Burebista sided with Pompey
Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
 during his struggle against Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
 in the Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 civil war. After Caesar emerged as victor, he planned on sending legions to punish Burebista, but he was assassinated in the Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
 before he could do so, on March 15 44 BC. Burebista died the same year, but whether he was assassinated in a court plot or his death had natural causes is a matter that remains uncertain.

See also

  • Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
    Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains

    Built in murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains, in Romania, were created in the 1st century BC and AD as protection against ancient Rome conquest....


External links

  • link to precis of Ion Horatio Crisan's Burebista and His Time.