Timeline of ancient Romania

This section of the timeline of Romanian history concerns events from Late Neolithic (c. 3900 BC) until Late Antiquity (c. 400 AD), which took place in or are directly related with the territory of modern Romania.

Late Neolithic and Bronze Age (3800–1200 BC)

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4th millennium BC

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3rd millennium BC

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2nd millennium BC

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Pottery, bone and bronze artefacts of the Wietenberg culture. In display at National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia

Iron Age (1200 BC – 400 AD)

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12th century BC

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9th century BC

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8th century BC

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7th century BC

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6th century BC

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Offering pot from a Scythian grave from Alba Iulia, Romania, 6th century BC. In display at National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia

5th century BC

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Scythian bowl, 5th century BC found at Castelu, Romania. In display at the Constanţa Museum of National History

4th century BC

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3rd century BC

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2nd century BC

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  • First half of 2nd century BC – the Dacian Kingdom was led by King Oroles
  • 200 BC – Callatis building inscription[14]
  • 200–150 BC – Histria ephebe inscription[14]
  • 2nd century? – Histria aqueduct[14]
  • 2nd–1st century BC – Popeşti flourishes[14]
  • 145–172 BC – Tilişca counterfeiter's coins[14]
  • 110–72/71 BC – Mithridates controls Pontic cities[14]
  • 109 BC – Dacians together with Scordisci attack Roman provinces situated south of Danube; attack repelled by M. Minucius Rufus [15]

1st century BC

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Modern statue of the Dacian King Burebista (ruled 82-44 BC) in Orăştie, Romania
 
Tower house one and staircase with drain at the Dacian fortress of Costeşti
  • After 50 BC – Histria, "second founding"[14]
  • 48 BC – Burebista sides with Pompey during his struggle against Julius Caesar in the Great Roman Civil War (49–45 BC),[18] sending Akornion as an ambassador and a military adviser[21]
  • 48 BC – Citizens of Dionysopolis dedicate an inscription to Akornion, which mention this citizens' friendship to Burebista,[21] as well as a diplomatic mission to the Dacian town named Argedava[22] or Argidava[23] to possibly visit Burebista's father[22]
  • c. 45 BC – Caesar emerges as victor and plans on sending legions to punish Burebista[24]
  • 44 BC
    • On March 15 Caesar is assassinated in the Senate before he can start a campaign against the Dacian Kingdom
    • Burebista is assassinated[14] in a plot made by the tribal aristocracy, which felt that a consolidation towards a centralized state would reduce their power
    • The Dacian Kingdom is dissolved, with the exception of the nucleus around the Orăştie Mountains,[18] while the rest being divided into four different kingdoms[19]
  • 42 BC – Geto-Dacian contingent with Brutus at the Battle of Philippi,[14] fighting against Octavian and Mark Antony
  • 27 BC – Crassus triumphs over Geto-Dacians[25]
  • Augustus Caesar sends an army against the Geto-Dacians, finding the former state of Burebista divided into five states[19]
  • 14 BC – 98 AD – Minor Dacian citadels flourish[25]

1st century

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Statue of Roman poet Ovid in Constanţa (ancient Tomis, the city where he was exiled). Created in 1887 by the Italian sculptor Ettore Ferrari

2nd century

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3rd century

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  • 201 AD – Bumbeşti camp rebuilt in stone[45]
  • 202 AD – Severus in Dobruja[45]
  • 204 AD – Micia, Moors' temple[45]
  • 205 AD – Slăveni castra rebuilt[45]
  • 211-217 AD – Carcalla[45]
    • Mănerau villa rustica[45]
    • Potaissa colony[45]
    • Bologa and Buciumi rebuilt[45]
  • 212 AD – Decree of universal citizenship[45]
  • 213 AD
  • 215 AD – Last evidence of Roman gold mining[45]
  • 217 AD – Macrinus honored by Histria[45]
  • 217-222 – AD Elagabalus[48]
    • Bucium (Orăştioara) camp walls repaired[48]
  • 222-235 AD – Severus Alexander[48][47]
    • Council of Three Dacias meets at Ulpia Traiana[48][47]
    • Ad Mediam camp restored[48]
    • Micia amphitheater goes out of use[48]
  • 229 AD – Dio Cassius consul[48]
  • 230-40 AD – Arutela, last coins[48]
  • 235-38 AD
    • Maximinus Thrax [48] fights against Iazyges and free Dacians [47]
    • Road repairs in Dobruja[48]
  • 238-244 AD – Gordian III[48]
  • 244-49 AD – Philip the Arab[48]
    • Carpi raid Ricari, Jidava[48]
    • Limes Transalutanus abandoned[48]
    • Sucidava, stone circuitwall[48]
    • Bumbeşti, last coins[48]
  • 246 AD – Right to mint bronze coins [49]
  • 247 AD – Millennium of Rome celebrated[48]
  • 248 AD
  • 249-251 – Decius[48][49]
  • 251 AD
    • Porolissum (Pomet) camp repaired[48]
    • Decius dies in battle[48]
  • 253 AD – Tibiscum mentioned as municipium [50]
  • 256 AD – End of monetary emissions in Dacia [50]
  • 260-268 AD – Gallienus[48]
    • Ulpia Traiana, Porolissum, latest coins[48]
    • Goths sack Tibiscum[48]
    • Usurper Regalianus claims descent from Decebalus[48]
  • 263 AD – Sarmatians burn Callatis extramural quarter[48]
  • 267 AD [48]
  • 268-70 AD – Claudius Gothicus[48]
    • Goths attack Tomis[48]
    • Claudius beats them at Naissus[48]
  • 270-75 – Aurelian[48]
  • 271 AD – Dacia officially abandoned; retreat of Roman occupation of Dacia[48]
    • 275-76 Tacitus: detachment of Legio XIII Gemina at Desa (to 305)[48]
  • 284-305 AD – Diocletian[51]
    • Dinogetia citadel[51]
    • Capidava rebuilt[51]
  • 295 AD – Goths destroy Tropaeum Traiani[51]
  • 3rd-4th century AD – Târgşor, Sarmatian necropolis[51]

4th century

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  • 303-304 AD Anti-Christian persecutions; martyrdom in Scythia Minor (Dobruja) [52]
  • 306-337 AD Constantine I[51]
    • Drobeta, Sucidava Ulmetum, Axiopolis camps rebuilt[51]
    • Tomis, mosaic building[51]
  • 315-316 AD – Attack of Goths and Carpi; repelled by Constantine the Great [53]
  • 316 AD – Tropaeum Traiani rebuilt[51]
  • 317 AD – Constantine's son Crispus appointed Caesar[51]
  • 324-28 – Constantiniana Dafne fortress is built [53]
  • 324-30 AD – Constantinople built[51]
  • 324-361 AD Constantius II[51]
    • Tomis renamed for him (?)[51]
  • 328 AD Romula milestone[51]
  • Sucidava and Constantiana Daphne bridges[51]
  • 331-332 AD – Gothic attack of south Danube provinces; repelled by Constantine the Great [54]
  • 332 AD – Goths and Taifals become foederati [53]
  • 337 AD Capidava rebuilt[51]
  • 340-60 AD Barbarians transferred en masse into Dobruja[51]
  • 361-63 AD Rebuilt and consolidation of Danube limes [54]
  • 364-75 AD Valentinian[51]
    • Coins at Porolissum[51]
  • 364-378 AD – Valens[51]
  • 367 AD
    • Constantiniana Daphne and Noviodunum bridges[51]
    • Pietroasa treasure[51]
  • 368-69 AD Orthodox bishop Betranion opposes Arianism imposed by emperor Valens [54]
  • 375 AD – Huns sack Dinogetia[51]
  • 376 AD – Huns defeat Ostrogoth Kingdom and attack Visigoths [55]
  • 379 – 395 Theodosius I[51]
    • Coins at Apulum, Porolissum[51]
  • Biertan Christian inscription[51]
  • 381 AD – Carps are mentioned for the last time [56]
  • 383-408 AD Arcadius[51]

End of ancient history in Romania

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The date used as the end of the ancient era is entirely arbitrary. Not all historians agree on the ending dates of ancient history, which frequently falls somewhere in the 5th, 6th, or 7th century. Western scholars usually date the end of ancient history with the fall of Rome in AD 476, the death of the emperor Justinian I in AD 565, or the coming of Islam in AD 632 as the end of ancient European history.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Glodariu 1997, pp. 63–114.
  2. ^ "Cultura Verbicioara și locațiile sale (IV) | Vertical". 17 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Cu Privire la Descoperirile Funerare Ale Grupei Verbicioara". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n MacKendrick 2000, p. 215.
  5. ^ a b "Cultura Garla Mare | PDF".
  6. ^ Predrag Medović, Praistorija na tlu Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2001, pages 129-130.
  7. ^ Dragoslav Srejović, Iliri i Tračani, Beograd, 2002, page 243.
  8. ^ Alexandru Vulpe- Necropola hallstattiana de la Ferigile, Bucuresti, 1967
  9. ^ a b Parvan (1928) 48
  10. ^ http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0350-76530535007T [dead link]
  11. ^ Marian Gumă- Civilizaţia primei epoci a fierului în sud-vestul României, București, 1993
  12. ^ Thomson (1948) 399
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bârsan 2013.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai MacKendrick 2000, p. 216.
  15. ^ a b c Giugrascu 1972, p. 24.
  16. ^ Daicoviciu 1991, p. 68.
  17. ^ a b Giugrascu 1972, p. 26.
  18. ^ a b c d Pippidi 1976, p. 116-117.
  19. ^ a b c d Strabo & 20 AD, VII 3,11.
  20. ^ John T. Koch, Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, p.550, ABC-CLIO, 2006 ISBN 1851094407
  21. ^ a b Daicoviciu 1991, p. 65.
  22. ^ a b Daicoviciu 1991, p. 67.
  23. ^ Crişan 1978, p. 61.
  24. ^ a b Strabo & 20 AD, VII 3,5.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q MacKendrick 2000, p. 217.
  26. ^ Strabo & 20 AD, VII 3.
  27. ^ Strabo & 20 AD, VII 3,12.
  28. ^ a b Giugrascu 1972, p. 29.
  29. ^ Pliny the Elder & 77 AD, IV 25.
  30. ^ a b Jones 1992, p. 138.
  31. ^ a b c Jones 1992, p. 139.
  32. ^ a b c d "De Imperatoribus Romanis" (Assorted Imperial Battle Descriptions). An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors. Retrieved 2007-11-08. Battle of Sarmizegetusa (Sarmizegetuza), A.D. 105. During Trajan's reign one of the most important Roman successes was the victory over the Dacians. The first important confrontation between the Romans and the Dacians took place in the year 87 and was initiated by Domitian. The praetorian prefect Cornelius led five or six legions across the Danube on a bridge of ships and advanced towards Banat (in Romania). The Romans were surprised by a Dacian attack at Tapae (near the village of Bucova, in Romania). Legion V Alaude was crushed and Cornelius Fuscus was killed. The victorious general was originally known as Diurpaneus (see Manea, p.109), but after this victory he was called Decebalus (the brave one).
  33. ^ a b Jones 1992, p. 141.
  34. ^ "Decebalus" means "strong as ten [men]" (cf. Sanskrit daśabala); Dece- being derived from Proto-Indo-European *dekm- ('ten') and -balus from PIE *bel-, 'strong'. Cf. Proto-Albanian *dek(a)t-, from PIE *dekm- (Demiraj, 1999).
  35. ^ a b c d Jones 1992, p. 142.
  36. ^ a b Jones 1992, p. 151.
  37. ^ a b Jones 1992, pp. 150–151.
  38. ^ a b Martial & 100 AD, 5.3.
  39. ^ Jones 1992, p. 150.
  40. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag MacKendrick 2000, p. 218.
  41. ^ Anghel, Carmen (4 June 2015). "Castrul de la Mălăieşti sau poveşti din vremea când pe aici stăpânea Traian" (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  42. ^ a b Giugrascu 1972, p. 34.
  43. ^ a b c d e Giugrascu 1972, p. 35.
  44. ^ a b c d e Giugrascu 1972, p. 36.
  45. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag MacKendrick 2000, p. 219.
  46. ^ Giugrascu 1972, p. 37.
  47. ^ a b c d e Giugrascu 1972, p. 38.
  48. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al MacKendrick 2000, p. 220.
  49. ^ a b c d Giugrascu 1972, p. 39.
  50. ^ a b c Giugrascu 1972, p. 40.
  51. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab MacKendrick 2000, p. 221.
  52. ^ Giugrascu 1972, p. 44.
  53. ^ a b c Giugrascu 1972, p. 45.
  54. ^ a b c Giugrascu 1972, p. 46.
  55. ^ Giugrascu 1972, p. 47.
  56. ^ Giugrascu 1972, p. 48.

References

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