Dacia was one of the most rich and powerful regions in the ancient Balkans, located in what is now modern Romania. With massive gold-mines, and a large population, it was a powerhouse. Julius Caesar considered Dacia Rome's biggest threat, and intended to wage war against the Dacians before his assassination. While usually in disarray, the region of Dacia was a hodge-podge of different tribes and ethnicities that occasionally unified into a force to be reckoned with under a single king. In the 2nd century BC a Dacian King named Rubobostes unified the Daci and Getae tribes who ousted the Boii from the region. Burebista, a contemporary of Caesar, expanded Dacian rule along the Danube from the Black Sea to possibly as far as Austria (the Romans say the eastern border of the Hercynian Forest, which suggests eastern Germania). And Decebalus, the last Dacian King who was defeated by Trajan.
This is a pretty impressive track record, most anyone can agree. But, I am asking simply, could the Dacians last anyway? If you eliminated Rome from the equation, and left Dacia to its own devices, could it hold on? With Germanic, Sarmatian, Scythian, and eventually Slavic and Turkish tribes all passing through what is now modern Romania, is it even possible for the Geto-Dacian kingdom(s) to survive in the long run, or were they simply destined to disappear?
This is a pretty impressive track record, most anyone can agree. But, I am asking simply, could the Dacians last anyway? If you eliminated Rome from the equation, and left Dacia to its own devices, could it hold on? With Germanic, Sarmatian, Scythian, and eventually Slavic and Turkish tribes all passing through what is now modern Romania, is it even possible for the Geto-Dacian kingdom(s) to survive in the long run, or were they simply destined to disappear?
