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As the title asks. Wikipedia says, without citation, that 'the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe'. Could this lead to a population boom in the empire, especially after the increase in town size following the Dacian Wars? I'd assume that the Romans would use the Carpathians, or the rivers north of it, as a boundary, as well as annex the lowlands between the eastern Carpathians and the Danube too for geographical solidity. Is this plausible? What would it take to get the Romans to do so? I understand that the area was composed of tribes other than Dacians; could their involvement in the Dacian Wars prompt Rome to conquer them too?
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