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GCSE Classics · key term
King of Dacia who opposed Trajan in the wars of AD 101–102 and AD 105–106; he took his own life rather than be captured.
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Paper 5
Revise: Trajan’s Dacian Campaign: Strategy and Imperial ImageTrajan ruled the Roman Empire from AD 98 to 117. He was an experienced military commander, and his wars against Decebalus, king of Dacia, became a major achievement of his reign. Dacia lay north of the River Danube, largely in what is now Romania.
Distinguish the reasons for the first war from the renewed conflict: earlier Dacian attacks and Roman payments explain the first; Decebalus’ breaches of the peace settlement explain the second.
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