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Story map of the seas and lands around ancient Rome, with no words on the pictureRomeCarthageGaulEgyptBritainGreeceHispaniaGermaniaPompeiiAlexandriaJudeaConstantinoplePalmyraNorth AfricaDaciaSicilyActiumRavennaItalyCannaeAsia MinorSyria
RomeCarthageGaulEgyptBritainGreeceHispaniaGermaniaPompeiiAlexandriaJudeaConstantinoplePalmyraNorth AfricaDaciaSicilyActiumRavennaItalyCannaeAsia MinorSyria

Dacia

Dacia was north of the Danube River, around today’s Romania.

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Trajan fought two wars there. Rome took gold and land. A tall column in Rome shows the war in pictures. The province was later given up.

What happened here

  • AD 101–106

    Trajan’s Dacian wars

    Trajan defeated King Decebalus. Dacia became a Roman province.

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