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Decebalus commits suicide to prevent capture.

Related Conflict :Second Dacian War
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Decebalus Origin: Dacian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Decebalus Origin: Dacian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :intrapersonal
    Source :Lucius Cassius Dio, Roman History 68.14.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 2
    Year :A.D. 106
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :conquest
    repopulation
     
    Original Text :Δεκέβαλος δέ, ὡς καὶ τὸ βασίλειον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ χώρα κατείληπτο σύμπασα καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκινδύνευεν ἁλῶναι, διεχρήσατο ἑαυτόν, καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ἐς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀπεκομίσθη: καὶ οὕτως ἡ Δακία Ῥωμαίων ὑπήκοος ἐγένετο, καὶ πόλεις ἐν αὐτῇ ὁ Τραϊανὸς κατῴκισεν.
     
    Translation :Decebalus, when his capital and all his territory had been occupied and he was himself in danger of being captured, committed suicide; and his head was brought to Rome. In this way Dacia became subject to the Romans, and Trajan founded cities there.
     
    Edition :Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-03-25 : 12:02:39
    Last changed :2021-05-11 : 01:00:45
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00008499
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