Published On Oct 13, 2023
Trajan's conquest of Dacia marked the last major expansion of the Roman Empire. This video - shot on location in Romania - follows the devastating campaigns that made this rugged region into a province.
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Chapters:
0:00 Domitian's war
1:04 The Dacian threat
1:47 The First Dacian War
2:50 Roman victory
3:30 Trajan's bridge
4:04 The Second Dacian War
4:53 The fall of Sarmizegetusa
6:23 Dacia becomes a province
7:16 The Tropaeum of Trajan at Adamclisi