The Brutal Conquest of Rome's Last Province

Trajan's conquest of Dacia marked the last major expansion of the Roman Empire. This video - shot on location in Romania - follows the devastating campaigns that made this rugged region into a province.

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Chapters:
0:00 Domitian's war
1:04 The Dacian threat
1:47 The First Dacian War
2:50 Roman victory
3:30 Trajan's bridge
4:04 The Second Dacian War
4:53 The fall of Sarmizegetusa
6:23 Dacia becomes a province
7:16 The Tropaeum of Trajan at Adamclisi

[jarlborg]

It's pretty cool that we know it was Tiberius Claudius Maximus of the 7th legion that took the head of Decebalus because he bragged about it on his tombstone.

[Luigi_T]

After a couple of years of being subscribed to this channel, it is a pleasant surprise to see my motherland covered in one of his videos. Many thanks from Romania!

[GabrielTravelerVideos]

I was in Romania a couple months ago and planned to visit Sarmizegetusa Regia but ran out of time. It looks like a really unique site, different from the typical Roman city.

[Excaliju]

Dang I didn't know parts of Trajan's bridge still exist

[g.c.]

02:50 on his second invasion, Trajan is said to have had a feeling of Dacia vu.

[leeskirs]

Your channel breathes life into an oversaturated genre of Roman history. Don't stop my man, these are so interesting, I love them so much.

[radu_nedelcut]

Stoked that you had a chance to visit my country. Cheers from Romania and thank you for your years long effort to educate people on the Roman times.

[elzorab]

thank you! I'm from Romania and I always considered the roman conquest to be a great untold story that should be told more often, so thank you very much for the video!

[hnnsy]

Your tone of voice and cadence is perfect for background listening while I'm cleaning or working away. Not overly animated and not overly academic or ''boring''. And you sprinkle in enough detail without overdoing it. You've carved yourself out a nice niche of the Roman history corner of youtube 🙌

[z]

I Just finished listening to your newest book on Audio. Super well paced, and the subtle humor at times is great. I recommend to anybody.

[iliabrus]

Great video man. I hope you had pleasant time in Romania. I actually live some few hundred meters away from whats left of the bridge on the Romanian side. :)

[stug]

Dacian messenger after being turned away - "I guess Trajan just isn't a fun guy"

[andreibursuc]

Damn it sure feels really cool, as a Romanian, to see content about Dacia from you, considering I learnt a lot about it in school

[guillermozepeda]

Wow, I've read about this site, but never seen pictures. The complex at Sarmizegetusa is an incredible calendar complex that reminds one of Stonehenge, especially the horseshoe shaped center in the largest temple.

[RedStickHistorian]

toldinstone is why men think about the Roman Empire. Great job!

[uncletiggermclaren]

Calm, concise, and interesting, as always. Wonderful to see the footings of the approach on that bridge, I wonder if, building it, they knew it wasn't going to last. After all, they knew perfectly well about floods and the like.

[stevenkies]

Tragan probably also realized that the Dacians would only become an even greater threat the more time they had to build up their strenth using the Roman tribute.

[flavi]

You have summoned all Romanians on english history internet to come on your channel

[johnssmith]

Romania especially Transylvania is a really hard place to conquer, it has the geography of a fortress

[karililjendal]

I started thinking about the column. So many intricate pictures that are so high on the column, surely no one could see them from the ground. But then it struck me. The column has likely filled its purpose. To tell the history of this conquest for decades to come! I mean, we are still talking about it roughly 1900 years later!