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Trajan's First Dacian War
Trajan's First Dacian War took place from 101 to 102.
The Kingdom of Dacia, under King Decebalus, had become a threat to the Roman Empire, and defeated several of Rome's armies during Domitian's reign (81–96). Despite the peace treaty established after Domitian's Dacian War, Trajan was set on ridding their new threat to Rome's power and in 101 set out determined to defeat Dacia. After a year of heavy fighting, King Decebalus came to terms and accepted peace.
Trajan spent the winter of 98 and the following year with the army in Moesia where he worked out careful plans. Some actions may have been:
Beside the nine Roman legions that were already stationed on the Danube frontier, Trajan brought two more, Legio X Gemina and Legio XI Claudia, and created two new legions, Legio II Traiana Fortis and Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix.
After support from the Roman Senate, by 101 Trajan was ready to advance on Dacia.
Trajan left Italy in 101 and went via Ancona and Iader to head probably to Viminacium in the province of Moesia Superior.
He was accompanied by the Praetorian Guard and his praetorian prefect, Tiberius Claudius Livianus as well as a whole series of comites such as Lucius Licinius Sura, Quintus Sosius Senecio, Lusius Quietus, Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus, Hadrian (the future successor of Trajan, then 25 years old) and perhaps Decimus Terentius Scaurianus (who would later become the first governor of the province of Dacia).
The general strategic plan of the campaign come from the words of Trajan himself: "inde Berzobim, deinde Aizi processimus" (We then advanced to Berzobim, next to Aizi). These two locations were along the westernmost of the roads leading to Dacia which, starting from Viminacium on the Danube near Lederata, led to Tibiscum and then to Tapae and the pass of the so-called Iron Gates (near the current Otelu Rosu), entering Dacia. This road had already been used by Tettius Julianus in the campaign of 88.
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Trajan's First Dacian War
Trajan's First Dacian War took place from 101 to 102.
The Kingdom of Dacia, under King Decebalus, had become a threat to the Roman Empire, and defeated several of Rome's armies during Domitian's reign (81–96). Despite the peace treaty established after Domitian's Dacian War, Trajan was set on ridding their new threat to Rome's power and in 101 set out determined to defeat Dacia. After a year of heavy fighting, King Decebalus came to terms and accepted peace.
Trajan spent the winter of 98 and the following year with the army in Moesia where he worked out careful plans. Some actions may have been:
Beside the nine Roman legions that were already stationed on the Danube frontier, Trajan brought two more, Legio X Gemina and Legio XI Claudia, and created two new legions, Legio II Traiana Fortis and Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix.
After support from the Roman Senate, by 101 Trajan was ready to advance on Dacia.
Trajan left Italy in 101 and went via Ancona and Iader to head probably to Viminacium in the province of Moesia Superior.
He was accompanied by the Praetorian Guard and his praetorian prefect, Tiberius Claudius Livianus as well as a whole series of comites such as Lucius Licinius Sura, Quintus Sosius Senecio, Lusius Quietus, Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus, Hadrian (the future successor of Trajan, then 25 years old) and perhaps Decimus Terentius Scaurianus (who would later become the first governor of the province of Dacia).
The general strategic plan of the campaign come from the words of Trajan himself: "inde Berzobim, deinde Aizi processimus" (We then advanced to Berzobim, next to Aizi). These two locations were along the westernmost of the roads leading to Dacia which, starting from Viminacium on the Danube near Lederata, led to Tibiscum and then to Tapae and the pass of the so-called Iron Gates (near the current Otelu Rosu), entering Dacia. This road had already been used by Tettius Julianus in the campaign of 88.
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