Fantasy Paintings and Pictures of Dacia
Collection by Traian Bujduveanu
Ancient Dacians / Getae
Illustration of a Dacian War 2nd Century CE legionary, for Roman Miltary Equipment 2nd Ed. by Bishop & Coulston. Note the arm armor. This addition to the legionary's rig was as a direct result of dealing with the Dacians' falx. This dreaded weapon, similar to a large sickle, came in two variants: the long falx or a shorter, one-handed weapon called a sica. Either one could lop off a man's unprotected arm with relative ease.
One incredible luck for dacian archaeology: in 1965, in Philippi (Greece) was discovered a tombstone of a roman officer. It turned out to be the leader of the unit that was tasked by the emperor Trajan to track down Decebalus, the last of the dacian kings! You can see that, even if he had a long military career (revealed by the inscription), his most important achievement was that from the Dacian Wars, sculpted on the upper part of the stone, a carving similar to that frim the Trajan's…
Dacian wars
The Aftermath of a Roman attack on a Dacian Village.
Dacians vs romans
Dacians vs romans
Dacian reenactor in scale armor. • A 2nd century chieftain would wear a bronze Phrygian type helmet,a corselet of iron scale armor,an oval wooden shield with motifs and wield a sword. - en.wikipedia.org
Dacian reenactor in scale armor. • A 2nd century chieftain would wear a bronze…
Modern depiction of Roman legionaries crossing the Danube River on a pontoon…
Trajan's Amazing Column
0101 Bod Tapae 2ª Roman Legionaries fight against the Dacians at the second battle of Tapae, AD 101. Artwork by Radu Oltean.
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Dacians battle Romans with their extra arm armour developed to protect them from…