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The Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military conflicts battled between the Roman Empire and Dacia amid Roman Emperor Trajan's guideline. The contentions were activated by the steady Dacian risk on the Danubian Roman Province of Moesia furthermore by the expanding requirement for assets of the economy of the Roman Empire.

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  • Trajan's Dacian Wars
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  • The Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military conflicts battled between the Roman Empire and Dacia amid Roman Emperor Trajan's guideline. The contentions were activated by the steady Dacian risk on the Danubian Roman Province of Moesia furthermore by the expanding requirement for assets of the economy of the Roman Empire.
  • The Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Roman Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts were triggered by the constant Dacian threat on the Danubian Roman Province of Moesia and also by the increasing need for resources of the economy of the Roman Empire.
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  • 150000(xsd:integer)
  • Unknown.
  • Total manpower pool of some 250,000.
  • Around 40,000 in the first war - 15,000 in the second war
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Date
  • 101(xsd:integer)
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Territory
  • Dacia annexed by Roman Empire
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  • Roman soldiers defending a fort against attack by the Dacians.
Casualties
  • Unknown
Result
  • Decisive Roman victory
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Place
  • Ancient Dacia
Conflict
  • Dacian Wars
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  • The Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military conflicts battled between the Roman Empire and Dacia amid Roman Emperor Trajan's guideline. The contentions were activated by the steady Dacian risk on the Danubian Roman Province of Moesia furthermore by the expanding requirement for assets of the economy of the Roman Empire. Trajan turned his consideration regarding Dacia, a territory north of Macedon and Greece and east of the Danube that had been on the Roman motivation since before the times of Caesar when they vanquished a Roman armed force at the Battle of Histria. In AD 85, the Dacians swarmed over the Danube and looted Moesia and at first crushed the armed force that Emperor Domitian sent against them, however the Romans were successful in the Battle of Tapae in 88 and a détente was built up. Ruler Trajan recommenced dangers against Dacia and, taking after an unverifiable number of fights, crushed the Dacian King Decebalus in the Second Battle of Tapae in 101. With Trajan's troops squeezing towards the Dacian capital Sarmizegetusa Regia, Decebalus yet again looked for terms. Decebalus remade his control over the next years and assaulted Roman armies again in 105. Accordingly Trajan again walked into Dacia, attacking the Dacian capital in the Siege of Sarmizegetusa, and destroying it. With Dacia subdued, Trajan in this way attacked the Parthian realm toward the east, his victories extending the Roman Empire to its most noteworthy degree. Rome's outskirts in the east were in a roundabout way represented through an arrangement of customer states for quite a while, prompting less immediate crusading than in the west in this period.
  • The Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Roman Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts were triggered by the constant Dacian threat on the Danubian Roman Province of Moesia and also by the increasing need for resources of the economy of the Roman Empire. Trajan turned his attention to Dacia, an area north of Macedon and Greece and east of the Danube that had been on the Roman agenda since before the days of Caesar when they defeated a Roman army at the Battle of Histria. In AD 85, the Dacians swarmed over the Danube and pillaged Moesia and initially defeated the army that Emperor Domitian sent against them, but the Romans were victorious in the Battle of Tapae in 88 and a truce was established. Emperor Trajan recommenced hostilities against Dacia and, following an uncertain number of battles, defeated the Dacian King Decebalus in the Second Battle of Tapae in 101. With Trajan's troops pressing towards the Dacian capital Sarmizegetusa Regia, Decebalus once more sought terms. Decebalus rebuilt his power over the following years and attacked Roman garrisons again in 105. In response Trajan again marched into Dacia, besieging the Dacian capital in the Siege of Sarmisegetusa, and razing it. With Dacia quelled, Trajan subsequently invaded the Parthian empire to the east, his conquests expanding the Roman Empire to its greatest extent. Rome's borders in the east were indirectly governed through a system of client states for some time, leading to less direct campaigning than in the west in this period.
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