Rome's Epic Mountain Warfare | The Dacian Wars (Part 3)

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Summary:
Continuing where Part 2 left off, we find Emperor Trajan in a very precarious situation, with a burning province, a stranded army, and an approaching winter. The Roman Army will face its toughest challenge yet with the climbing of the Orastie mountains and the besieging of Dacian mountain citadels. In this video, Trajan will not only have to save the province, scale the Dacian mountains and take the capital Sarmizegetusa Regia, but also ensure a long lasting peace with the Dacians. Decebalus, however, has other plans, and will stop at nothing to witness the defeat and withdrawal of Rome...

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'Optimus Princeps' (0:00)
Blood on the Mountains (6:50)
The Endgame (10:56)
A False Peace (13:23)

[HistoriaMilitum]

All aboard the time machine - we are going to Dacia again!
The cunning, brave, and warlike culture of the Dacians has challenged Rome for over a century, since the time of Julius Caesar, and have shown us the full extent of Rome’s wrath and military might - in assembling the largest and most specialized army, second only to the army of Trajan’s 2nd Dacian War, and in taking the fight right into the peaks of the Orastie Mountains. The next episode will conclude the series and mark the beginning of the end of the Dacians as a people… Let us know what series we should cover next!

[roberthuitrado]

Excellent work. As a fellow historian, I highly appreciate everything you do to make these episodes. Using Total War: Rome is plus in my book also 😂

[davidhughes]

I must say this again . I have been studying Roman military history for well over 60 years and this series is without a doubt the best and most visually informative (also entertaining) that I have ever seen.
Thank you all for the wonderful work and looking for much more.
You make my day!!

[acoolguy]

Gotta appreciate historia militum for giving us this kinda quality videos for free, as a history lover thank you very much 💓

[xfgd]

Wait, so you end the video with this massive cliffhanger, but without saying that a 4th part is coming? You're killing us!
Joke's aside, your videos are phenomenal! Keep up the good work!

[Flokireall]

Very amazing video. There so much work here, I cant imagine. History of Romania need some people like you!!! Respect for work!!!!

[Ghostrex]

As a result of this war, Romania exists today. I am surprised that Romania has never been Slavinized though over the centuries.

[acoolguy]

It's like a miracle for me today, i am thinking about this series and boom a new video just dropped.

[TheMadMax]

Already awaiting the next episode, magnificent work.

[theromanorder]

Could you make a mini video of you just analysing the trojen colllom to teach us a bit, like exsplaning how you figured out the parts you used in these videos or how would you recognise it/read it....

[BenBrockman-vg]

That was a victory of the mailman. Amazing coordination

[soapmaker]

Thank you for making these outstanding videos. I especially enjoy learning the finer details of the campaign. Almost everyone else glosses over that stuff. It's incredibly interesting to visualize the difficulties of the attackers and defenders, the logistics, how strategies change with new developments, and the sheer manpower involved in the Roman war machine at all levels.

Lusius Quietus is one of those names I associated with Trajan's later war with Parthia and then the Kitos war, but I didn't realize he played such a prominent role in Dacia as well.

[FireDragon]

Very good video, thank you. The Orastie mountains were full of fortifications, some of them old from the time of Burebista, so 150 years before, the road network or rather the lack of them was thought precisely to help the defenders, the Romans had to fight hard to overcome all these.

[VasileIuga]

About the map, Costoboci were placed roughly where the Carpi are on the map. As for the Carpi, there is a post conquest entity in what will be the western Bastarnae lands and eastern Dacian lands beyond Carpatians. Costoboci lands showed there were mostly in Dacia but given the borders of Dacia Province there is a possibility that some tribes were probably rulling the area. Also the direction of the main roman attack might be from.a different location and Blidaru was probably more secure than the religios capital.

[raulpetrascu]

Decebalus' decision to attack and provoke the fury of the Roman Empire again the 2nd time is always fascinating to me. And it seems his men were on board. The Dacians must've really believed they had a shot of coming out on top? Or they just really hated not being fully independent to the point of suicide.

But to decide to challenge Rome again at its height after facing the greatest and so massive army ever assembled once already is impressive (or crazy). Perhaps the first war was not as one-sided as the column leads us to believe, especially sparing the king and not annexing the barbarian land as a province immediately was pretty unprecented from Trajan. But that's maybe because he wanted a strong buffer state like you said in the video

[finntasticexplanations]

This was great to learn about. Dacia is seldom mentioned, so I appreciate this video.

[davidhughes]

There it is. We'll worth the wait. Details are excellent!!

[ErubielReyes-wzxs]

Thank you for doing the third part of the dacian war I've waiting for this video with excitement

[davidhughes]

Just watched these excellent documentaries for the fifth time. Can't get over how very good the production is!!!

[davidhughes]

I am on the edge of my seat anticipating the conclusion.
But take your time friend.
Perfection is worth waiting