Getae and Dacians

Getae and Dacians appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Balkans and Greece (Europe) from c. 500 BCE to 106 CE, a span of 605 years. Its people spoke Other Indo-European languages (Armenian, Albanian, Thracian, Illyrian, Phrygian, Tocharian, Dacian).

Thracian-related peoples north of the lower Danube with gold and salt mines and hill sanctuaries. Herodotus described the Getae and their god Zalmoxis.

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Facts

Dates

c. 500 BCE to 106 CE

Duration

605 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Balkans and Greece, Europe

Language family

Other Indo-European

Events in Europe during its time

• 480 BCE Battle of Salamis
• 334 BCE Alexander invades Persia
• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps
• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia

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