Da·ci·a

(dā′shē-ə, -shə)

An ancient region and Roman province corresponding roughly to modern Romania. Inhabited before the Christian era by a people of Thracian stock with an advanced material culture, the region was abandoned to the Goths after ad 270.

Da′ci·an adj. & n.

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Dacia

(ˈdeɪsɪə)

(Placename) an ancient region bounded by the Carpathians, the Tisza, and the Danube, roughly corresponding to modern Romania. United under kings from about 60 bc, it later contained the Roman province of the same name (about 105 to 270 ad)

ˈDacian adj, n

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Da•ci•a

(ˈdeɪ ʃi ə, -ʃə)

n.

an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.

Da′ci•an, adj., n.

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The significant finds are dated back to the end of the fourth or the beginning of the third century BC and were found in the biggest of 150 ancient tombs of a Thracian tribe, the Getae, which was in contact with the ancient Greeks, the Daily Mail reported.

Artifacts linked to Alexander the Great found in Bulgarian tomb

Greek and Roman, Getae, Thracian, Bulgar, Slavs, Avars, Goths, Celts, Tatars, Huns, Arabs, Turks, Russians, and, now, the U.S.

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