The Getae (/ˈdʒiːtiː, ˈɡiːtiː/ JEE-tee, GHEE-tee) or Gets (/dʒɛts, ɡɛts/ JETS, GHETS; Ancient Greek: Γέται, singular Γέτης) were a Thracian-related tribe...
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Dacians (redirect from Daco-Getae)
Dacians were known as Geta (plural Getae) in Ancient Greek writings,[citation needed] and as Dacus (plural Daci) or Getae in Roman documents, but also as...
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Zalmoxis (section Religion of the Getae)
(Σάμολξις), Zamolxes (Ζάμολξες), or Zamolxe (Ζάμολξε) is a divinity of the Getae and Dacians (a people of the lower Danube), mentioned by Herodotus in his...
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Dacian (redirect from Getae-Dacian)
Look up Dacian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dacian may refer to: of or relating to Dacia in southeastern Europe Dacians, the ancient Indo-European...
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Burebista (Ancient Greek: Βυρεβίστας, Βοιρεβίστας) was the king of the Getae and Dacian tribes from 82/61 BC to 45/44 BC. He was the first king who successfully...
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commerce with the local tribes. Among the native peoples, Herodotus listed the Getae of the Lower Danube region, the Agathyrsi of Transylvania and the Syginnae...
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the same region north of the Black Sea and Lower Danube, especially the Getae, and Scythians. The three most important surviving histories of the Goths...
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Slovakia, and Ukraine. A Dacian kingdom that united the Dacians and the Getae was formed under the rule of Burebista in 82 BC and lasted until the Roman...
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De origine actibusque Getarum (The Origin and Deeds of the Getae), commonly abbreviated Getica, written in Late Latin by Jordanes in or shortly after...
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romanized: Dromichaites) was king of the Getae on both sides of the lower Danube (present day Romania and Bulgaria) around 300 BC. The Getae had been federated in the...
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Thracian religion (redirect from Getae-Dacians (Thracians) Religion)
Anatolia throughout antiquity and who included the Thracians proper, the Getae, the Dacians, and the Bithynians. The Thracians themselves did not leave...
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Δρομιχαίτης, romanized: Dromichaites; c. 300 – c. 280 BCE) who was a king of the Getae on both sides of the lower Danube (present day Romania and Bulgaria) around...
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instead crossed into the territory of the Getae. The Macedonians marched to the Danube where they encountered the Getae tribe on the opposite shore. As Alexander's...
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Romania in Antiquity (section Getae)
The latter were first described by Herodotus, who made mention of the Getae of the Lower Danube region, the Agathyrsi of Transylvania and the Sygannae...
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gen. "Χαρναβώντος") was a king of the Getae, mentioned in Sophocles' tragedy Triptolemos as ruling the Getae, without a precise geographical location...
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period. The Dacians, who are widely accepted to be the same people as the Getae, were a branch of Thracians who inhabited Dacia, which corresponds with...
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mentioned by Homer in Odyssey Coreli Corpili Krestones Krobyzoi, perhaps Getae Maduateni Maedi MaedoBythini, Maedi that migrated to Asia minor Melanditae...
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historical book, "De origine actibusque Getarum" ("The Origin and Deeds of the Getae/Goths") written by Jordanes in the 6th century. Getica may also refer to:...
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Septimia gens (section Septimii Apri, Severi et Getae)
serious, severe," Aper, a wild boar, and Geta, referring to one of the Getae, a Thracian people. All three cognomina were associated with the imperial...
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Bosporan Civil War in 309 BC and came under pressure from the Thracian Getae and the Celtic Bastarnae. At the same time, in Central Asia, following the...
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corresponding to the present territory of Romania and Moldova and inhabited by the Getae and Dacian peoples, with its capital Sarmizegetusa Regia. After clashing...
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early Bronze Age, which began about 3500 BC. From it also developed the Getae, the Dacians and other regional groups of tribes. Historical and archaeological...
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his poem that Dryads wept from Epirus and Hebrus up to the land of the Getae (north east Danube valley) and even describes him wandering into Hyperborea...
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Ethiopia Cepheus, a king of Tegea and an Argonaut Charnabon, a king of the Getae Cinyras, a king of Cyprus and father of Adonis Codrus, a king of Athens...
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Mysteries Emblem Tribes Mysi-Moesi Brygi-Phrygi Thyni-Bithyni Maedi Bessi Getae Daci Agriani Dii Asti Edoni Satri Pieres Trausi Bebrici Tribes History Tereus...
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Strabo, 7.3.2, "Now the Greeks used to suppose that the Getae were Thracians; and the Getae lived on either side the Ister, as did also the Mysi, these...
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not speak a Germanic language, and they often referred to the Goths as "Getae", equating them to a non-Germanic people residing in the same region. The...
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Gebeleizis (or Gebeleixis, Nebeleizis) was a god worshiped by the Getae, probably related to the Thracian god of storm and lightning, Zibelthiurdos. He...
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province of Macedonia, marched against the Getae, who were allies of Rome's enemy, Mithridates VI of Pontus. The Getae frequently raid the Thracians' lands...
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influential position of the Scythian kingdom at this time, the Thracian Getae of the Carpathian and Balkan regions were importing large amounts of Scythian-manufactured...
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