Rome’s Greatest Challenge | The Dacian Wars (Part 1)
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Published 2023-09-19
The Dacian Wars is a topic over overlooked due to a severe lack of sources, which is in stark contrast to the magnitude and importance of the conflict. However, with this video, we hope to create a series detailing everything we know about the campaigns until this point, based on the works of numerous researchers and archeologists. So sit back and enjoy our lively animated and epic series as it covers the forgotten wars in their entirety, with no details left out!
Each video will include the details about the cultural and social lifestyle of the Dacians, a deeply fascinating people who were later Romanized to extinction by the Romans.
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All Comments (21)
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As far as I could think, the Dacian Wars was that one big gap that was never fully covered in a detailed documentary on YouTube, and with good reason. Given the lack of sources, most of which is archeological, this series is and will be a big challenge to produce, but nothing impossible! This series aims to compile everything we know about this long lost conflict, from the combined works of numerous historians and archeologists, and make a fine addition to the already amazing arsenal of free Roman videos on YouTube; thanks to the hard work of many great channels. Thank you all for making this possible!
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As a Romanian, I thank you for your dedication in research and editing this video. Epic.
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We Romanians thank you for this well produced, in depth analysis. Congrats and we wait for part 2! Thank you.
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Salut! As a Romanian I would like to thank you profoundly for creating this video. There is a enormous lack of investment into our history by the authorities. However, history still lives through our traditions, our lands and last but not least, our language. Keep up the great work! 👏👏🙏🙏
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I'm a romanian and I'm born into Carpatian mountains and proud of my ancestors .
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These were epic wars. The Dacians were a fierce power. It took the Roman Empire at its height, with campaigns led by arguably its best military minded emperor in Trajan, fought by the Legions at their best during the Principate to beat Dacia.
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My village is on Serbian side 12km far from Trajan's bridge, where the Romans crossed the Danube in Dacia.
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Thank you so much for covering this, I had no idea just how powerful the Dacians where
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As a romanian, THANK YOU!
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Salut! 🇹🇩 Romanian here wearing the Dacian Draco as my channel image since 2011! Our ancestors were a great civilization of Antiquity, a fact with which not may nations can be proud of. I wish us romanians acknowledged our roots and be more confident in ourselves everywhere we are. And you help us do that, so you have my huge respect, and I declare a friend of the romanian people ^ ^. Mult succes în continuare prietene!! ❤💛💙🤗
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Trajan wanted to remain in history like Caesar, and his conquests in Dacia to be equal to those of Caesar in Gaul. He wrote a description of the wars with the Dacians "De Bello Dacico" which has not been preserved, in the mirror of Caesar's "De Bello Gallico". In Rome, Trajan's Forum was right next to Caesar's forum and was wider.
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Greetings from the great country of Romania - Dacians are here
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You didn’t mention that Crassus grandson managed to kill a Bastarnae chief in one on one combat and was eligible to be granted the Spolia Opima but was snubbed by Augustus
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I HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPLAIN ME GRATITUDE . AS A ROMANIAN . ty ty ty ty god bless you and your work
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It is tragic how so many details have been lost considering the magnitude of the campaign and the relevance it still has for both Romanians and Rome. This is a nice insight in the little there is left of their story.
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Fun fact: some of Rome's best auxiliaries were recruited in Dacia.
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Absolutely great episode. I have written several scientific writings on the Dacian Wars in the course of my history studies and can only say that you have presented everything perfect so far. Cant wait for Part 2!
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Proud to be Daco-Romanian !!! 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴
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Fun fact, it is beleived that due to the frequency and skill with which the dacians used falx swords, the romans started using the manica armor segments on their right hand, which usually got chopped off.
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Not as much Dacian war content as other parts of ancient history. Appreciate this
