Rex Amicus

Key term for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation, used in The Romans at War.

Definition

A 'friendly king' or client king; a status Decebalus held after the First War but violated, sparking the Second War.

Exam Context

Rex Amicus appears in OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation revision content for War and Warfare, especially The Romans at War and Trajan’s campaign against the Dacians.

War and Warfare The Romans at War Trajan’s campaign against the Dacians

Found in Revision Notes

War and Warfare

Trajan’s Dacian Campaign: Strategy and Imperial Image

The Romans at War • Trajan’s campaign against the Dacians

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Related Key Terms

Adlocutio Casus belli Clementia Dacian gold

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