Roman Frontiers - Stanegate, Limes, Roman Dacia, Hadrian's Wall, Defence-In-Depth, Antonine Wall, Meroe, Limes Germanicus, Roman Militar (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Stanegate, Limes, Roman Dacia, Hadrian's Wall, Defence-in-depth, Antonine Wall, Meroe, Limes Germanicus, Roman military frontiers and fortifications, Fosse Way, Limes Moesiae, Borders of the Roman Empire, Gask Ridge, Limes Arabicus, Leahill Turret, Hadrian's Wall, Ra a, Pike Hill Signal Tower, Trajan's Wall, Devil's Dykes, Romans in the Netherlands, Limes Alutanus, Celemantia, Limes Transalutanus, Dacia Aureliana, Limes Porolissensis, Brazda lui Novac, Athanaric's Wall, Gerulata, Strata Diocletiana. Excerpt: Roman Dacia (also Dacia Traiana and Dacia Felix) was a province of the Roman Empire (106-271/275 AD). Its territory consisted of eastern and southeastern Transylvania, the Banat, and Oltenia (regions of modern Romania). It was from the very beginning organized as an imperial province and remained so throughout the Roman occupation. Historians' estimates of the population of Roman Dacia range from 650,000 to 1,200,000. The conquest of Dacia was completed by Emperor Trajan (98-117) after two major campaigns against Decebalus's Dacian kingdom. The territory of the kingdom was not, however, occupied in its entirety by the Romans, as the greater part of Moldavia, together with Maramure and Cri ana, was ruled by Free Dacians even after the Roman conquest. In 119, the Roman province was divided into two departments: Upper Dacia and Lower Dacia (later named Dacia Malvensis). In 124 (or around 158), Upper Dacia was divided into two provinces: Dacia Apulensis and Dacia Porolissensis. During the Marcomannic Wars the military and judicial administration was unified under the command of one governor, with another two senators (the legati legionis) as his subordinates; the province was called simply Dacia or Three Dacias (tres Daciae). The Roman authorities established in Dacia a massive and organized colonization...