Decebalus Timeline

Dacians invade Moesia and defeat the Romans.

The Roman general Cornelius Fuscus invades Dacia. He is ambushed and his army is annihilated.

Reign of the last Dacian king, Decebalus.

Resolved to avenge Fuscus' defeat, Domitian sends another army to Dacia under Tettius Iulianus. This general is victorious on the mountainous pass of Tapae, in the south-west of modern Romania.

Trajan conquers Dacia.

Trajan's column is constructed in Rome which commemorates the emperor's campaigns in Dacia.