Ancient Tribes in the Balkans - Dacians, Illyrians, List of Ancient Tribes in Thrace and Dacia, Thracians, Costoboci, Odrysian Kingdom, Bryges, Tribal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Dacians, Illyrians, List of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia, Thracians, Costoboci, Odrysian kingdom, Bryges, Triballi, Bessi, Pieres, Burs, Maedi, Tariotes, Teurisci, Edoni, Sapaeans, Krobyzoi, Sintians, Brnjica culture, Tynteni, Bisaltae, Trausi, Thunatae, Sycaeboae, Satrae, Albocense, Galabri, Apuli, Cebrenii, Dentheletae, Apsinthi, Tyragetae, Bistones, Dii, Coelaletae, Tilataei, Digerri, Terizi, Koreli, Scyrmiadae, Maduateni, Bithyni, Biephi, Digeri, Nipsai, Melanophagi, Dolonci, Tralles, Melanditi, Artakioi, Crousi, Paiti, Clariae, Tranipsi, Treri, Scaugdae, Sithones, Ciaginsi, Rhadacense, Potulatense, Predasense, Saldense, Trixae, Brenae, Piephigi, Korpiali, Suci, Kaeni, Peukini, Diobesi, Asti, Derzai, Beni. Excerpt: The Dacians (Latin: , Ancient Greek: , Medieval Greek "Dakai") were an Indo-European people, very close or part of the Thracians. Dacians were the ancient inhabitants of Dacia (located in the area in and around the Carpathian Mountains and east of there to the Black Sea). This area includes the present-day countries of Romania and Moldova, as well as parts of Sarmatia (mostly in eastern Ukraine), Moesia (Eastern Serbia, Northern Bulgaria), Slovakia and Poland. They spoke the Dacian language, believed to have been closely related to Thracian, but were culturally influenced by the neighbouring Scythians and by the Celtic invaders of the 4th century BC. The Dacians (tribe) were known as Geton (plural Getae) in Ancient Greek writings, and as Dacus (plural Daci) and also Getae in Roman documents; also as Dagae and Gaete-see the late Roman map Tabula Peutingeriana. It was Herodotus who first used the ethnonym Getae; in Greek and Latin, in the writings of Caesar, Strabo and Pliny the Elder, this people becomes 'the Dacians'. There is no doubt that Getae and Dacians were...