Skilled farmers, artisans, and formidable warriors, the Dacians left an indelible mark on European history, their legacy still evident in Romanian culture today. The Dacians were an Indo-European ...

They were known for squeezing the equivalent of protection money out of the Roman Empire while sending warriors to raid its frontier towns. In 101 Trajan moved to punish the troublesome Dacians.

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.