Decebalus

king of Dacia

8 dated entries naming Decebalus, drawn from 7 separate years between 85 CE and 106 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

  • 85Dacians under Decebalus engage in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89.source
  • 87Decebalus becomes king of Dacia.source
  • 88The First Dacian War ends: Decebalus becomes a client king of Rome, he receives money, craftsmen and war machines to protect the borders (limes) of the Roman Empire.source
  • 89Legio XIII Gemina is transferred to Dacia, to help in the war against King Decebalus.source

2nd century

  • 101Third Battle of Tapae: Roman forces, led by Trajan, defeat the Dacian king Decebalus in Transylvania.source
  • 102Emperor Trajan returns to Rome after a successful campaign against Dacia, through which he reestablishes clear Roman sovereignty over King Decebalus.source
  • 106Battle of Sarmizegetusa: The Dacians are defeated with 50,000 captured. King Decebalus flees and commits suicide.source
  • 106Decebalus, king of Dacia (suicide, being pursued by the Romans) (b. AD 87)source

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