In Memoria Lui Decebalus Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/23/2010
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1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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After the death of Great King Burebista, Dacia split into four then five smaller states. The situation lasted until Diurpaneus managed to consolidate the core of Dacia around Sarmizegetusa, in today's Hunedoara county. He reorganized the Dacian army (though not yet king of the recombined tribe) and in 85 the Dacians began minor raiding in the heavily fortified Roman province of Moesia, located south of the Danube under Dacian king Duras. In 86, the Duras ordered a more vigorous attack south into Roman province of Moesia, and the Emperor Domitian personally advanced into the province with legions and relief supplies, reorganized it, and planned an attack into Dacia the next campaign season. The same year everything was lost. In 87, Emperor Domitian decided to send his prefect of the Praetorian Guards, Cornelius Fuscus, to conquer and punish the Dacians with four or five legions but suffered a major defeat when ambushed by the forces of Diurpaneus.[1] Two Roman legions (among which V Alaudae) were ambushed and defeated at a mountain pass the Romans called Tapae (likely an outlying Dacian stronghold, location is near modern Bucova), and General Fuscus was killed. Diurpaneus changed his name to Decebalus, meaning "with the strength of ten(men)"[5] or alternatively, "The Brave"[1], and was crowned king. Regarding the Domitian wars Dio Cassius described Decebalus as follow: “ At this time the Romans became involved in a very serious war with the Dacians, whose king was then Decebalus. This man was shrewd in his understanding of warfare and shrewd also in the waging of war; he judged well when to attack and chose the right moment to retreat; he was an expert in ambuscades and a master in pitched battles; and he knew not only how to follow up a victory well, but also how to manage well a defeat. Hence he showed himself a worthy antagonist of the Romans for a long time. I call the people Dacians, the names used by the natives themselves as well as by the Romans, though I am not ignorant that some Greek writers refer to them as Getae, whether that is the right form or not; for the Getae of whom I myself know are those that live beyond the Haemus range, along the Ister."[6] ” In 88, Tettius Iulianus commanded another Roman army under Domitian in a campaign against the Dacians, who defeated the Romans at the second battle at Tapae; revolts of the Germans on the Rhine required the augmented military force in Moesia, and the Romans were forced to pay large sums of money in the form of tribute to the Dacians for maintaining peace in this region. This was seen as a controversial peace by Romans of the times, and many felt humiliated. The uneasy and unsatisfying political situation for the Romans lasted until Trajan acceded as Emperor of the Roman Empire in 98. Immediately he began preparations which in the end (including unrelated conquests in the Near East) resulted in engaging in a series of military campaigns which would expand the Roman Empire to its maximum extent during his reign. First war (101-102) Decebalus was defeated by the Romans when they invaded Dacia beginning March 25th, 101 AD,[7] again in the fortifications of Tapae. After accepting harsh peace conditions including losses in territory,[3] he was left as a client king under a Roman protectorate and a small local garrison. Second war (105-106) - The fall of Dacia Main article: Battle of Sarmizegetusa Three years later, Decebalus destroyed the small Roman garrison in Dacia, and the Romans were forced again to send reinforcements, and this time Trajan decided to definitively conquer Dacia. After a long siege of the Dacian Capital, Sarmizegetusa and a few skirmishes in the greater region, the Romans conquered Dacia, but Decebalus, with his family managed to escape. Death of Decebalus Hunted, having his army defeated and finally cornered by Roman detachments seeking his head, rather than being captured to be exhibited and humiliated at Rome, Decebalus committed suicide by slashing his own throat, as depicted on Trajan's Column (spiral 22, panel b). It is likely, however, that in the process of dying, Decebalus was captured by a Roman cavalry scout named Tiberius Claudius Maximus from Legio VII Claudia as is claimed on the funerary stele discovered at Gramini in Greece. His head and right hand were then taken to Trajan in "Ranisstorium" (an unidentified Dacian village, perhaps Piatra Craiului) by Claudius Maximus when he was decorated by the emperor, and the trophy sent to Rome where it was thrown on the Gemonian stairs. Tiberius Claudius Maximus' tomb cites two occasions where the legionary was decorated for his part in the Dacian wars, one of which being the acquisition and recovery of Decebalus' head.[9]

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