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DACIA

dāˈshə, ancient name of the European region corresponding roughly to modern Romania (including Transylvania). It was inhabited before the Christian era by a people who were called Getae by the Greeks and were called Daci by the Romans. They were a people of advanced material culture, with a tribal organization. Augustus claimed them as tributary allies but the Daci paid little heed, and Domitian, after inconclusive campaigns against them, was forced (a.d. 90) to pay them tribute to keep them quiet. Trajan invaded Dacia in a.d. 102 and again in 105. He established a large number of colonies, and Dacia became a Roman province. The Goths invaded (250–70) the region, and Aurelian was obliged to concede Dacia. It was the Roman colonists in Dacia who formed the Latin-speaking nucleus that established the Romance tongue Romanian, which is still spoken in that region.

See P. MacKendrick, The Dacian Stones Speak (1975).

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Trajan: Optimus Princeps: A Life and Times
Book by Julian Bennett; Routledge, 1997
Subjects:	Rome--History--Trajan, 98-117, Trajan--Emperor Of Rome--53-117
...6 Trajans Markets 159 7 The Province of Dacia 164 8 Sarmizegethusa Ulpia 168...and Prunetti were inspired to compose an opera, Trajano in Dacia, in celebration of his achievements. And when Italian marble-workers...

20th-Century Italian Women Writers: The Feminine Experience
Book by Alba Amoia; Southern Illinois University Press, 1996
Subjects:	Italian Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Italian Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism
...74 EIGHT Dacia Maraini: The Designing Woman 86...female transcendence in the novels of Dacia Maraini. Her works represent the fullest...Italy. 1936 Death of Grazia Deledda. Dacia Maraini born in Florence. 1937 Fascist...

The Making of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, Ca. 500-700
Book by Florin Curta; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects:	Excavations (Archaeology)--Danube River Region, Slavs--Balkan Peninsula--History, Slavs--Danube River Region--History, Slavs--Ethnicity, Slavs--History

The Roman Government of Britain
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects:	Great Britain--History--Roman Period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D, Great Britain--Politics And Government--To 1485, Romans--Great Britain--Politics And Government
...Trajan onwards; Pannonia Inferior from Trajan to Caracalla; Dacia Superior, from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius; Raetia and Noricum...principate had as many legions, three, as Britain, Syria, and Dacia, they were less exposed to external threat. As for Tarraconensis...

The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine
Book by Pat Southern; Routledge, 2001
Subjects:	Rome--History--Constantine I, The Great, 306-337, Rome--History--Diocletian, 284-305, Rome--History--Period Of Military Anarchy, 235-284, Rome--History--Severans, 193-235
...then given legionary commands in Pannonia, Dacia, and Moesia. In the reign of Commodus he...governor of Lower Moesia, Upper Moesia, Dacia and Syria. He was a sterling example of...and may have been appointed to govern Dacia during the war with Niger. Perhaps Severus...

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Rewriting the Female Destiny: Dacia Maraini's La Lunga Vita Di Marianna UcrÌa
Journal article by Joann Cannon; Symposium, Vol. 49, 1995
Subjects:	Maraini, Dacia
...JOANN CANNON REWRITING THE FEMALE DESTINY: DACIA MARAINIS LA LUNGA VITA DI MARIANNA UCRIA DACIA MARAINI HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN as one of Italys...destiny" as written by patriarchal society. Dacia Marainis novel presents an accurate portrait...

Virginia Picchietti. Relational Spaces: Daughterhood, Motherhood, and Sisterhood in Dacia Maraini's Writings and Films
Journal article by Susanna Scarparo; Italian Culture, Vol. 20, 2002
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Relational Spaces: Daughterhood, Motherhood, and Sisterhood in Dacia Maraini's Writings and Films (Book)--Book reviews
...Daughterhood, Motherhood, and Sisterhood in Dacia Marainis Writings and Films. by...Daughterhood, Motherhood, and Sisterhood in Dacia Marainis Writings and Films. Madison, N...book offers a comprehensive analysis of Dacia Marainis writings and films. It centres...

A Blurred Picture: Adolescent Girls Growing Up in Fanny Burney, George Eliot, Rosamond Lehmann, Elizabeth Bowen and Dacia Maraini
Journal article by Giuliana Giobbi; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 25, 1995
Subjects:	Eliot, George--Works, Literature, Teenage girls
...Rosamond Lehmann, Elizabeth Bowen and Dacia Maraini. by Giuliana Giobbi...Bowens The Death of the Heart (1938) and Dacia Marainis LEta del Malessere (The Awkward...Elizabeth Bowen, Rosamond Lehmann and Dacia Maraini, focus their attention on their...

Paradoxical Constructions of Self: Educating Young Women about Menstruation
Journal article by Dacia Charlesworth; Women and Language, Vol. 24, 2001
Subjects:	Menstrual cycle--Study and teaching, Menstruation--Social aspects, Sex education--Social aspects, Shame--Social aspects
...young women about Menstruation. by Dacia Charlesworth Abstract: In this essay...various performances in everyday life. Dacia Charlesworth (Ph.D., Southern Illinois...Suzanne M. Daughton. E-mail correspondence: dacia.charlesworth@sru.edu References A Time...

Transmitters, Caregivers, and Flowerpots: Rhetorical Constructions of Women's Early Identities in the AIDS Pandemic
Journal article by Dacia Charlesworth; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects:	AIDS patients--Statistics
...constructions of womens early identities in the AIDS pandemic. by Dacia Charlesworth This essay argues that womens identities...Voluntary HIV counseling and testing: Facts, issues, and answers. Dacia Charlesworth is an Assistant Professor at Robert Morris University...

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Can You Read the Writing on the Wall? the Decline and Fall of the Roman Alphabet in Modern Britain
Magazine article by Jonathan Glancey; New Statesman, Vol. 126, April 18, 1997
Subjects:	Alphabets--Appreciation, Lettering--Appreciation, United Kingdom--Popular culture
...marble column that bears his name in Rome. The immediate purpose of Trajans Column was to communicate the emperors conquest of Dacia; the result was the finest lettering of the classical world. Each incised capital is a work of art, the austere, clean verticals...

Hadrian and the Limits of Empire: The Emperor Hadrian Presided over the Roman Empire at Its Height, Defined Its Borders and Was One of the Most Cultured Rulers of the Ancient World. Neil Faulkner Revisits His Legacy, as the British Museum Opens a Major Exhibition on His Life and Times
Magazine article by Neil Faulkner; History Today, Vol. 58, August 2008
Subjects:	British Museum--Exhibitions, Emperors--Appreciation, Emperors--Portrayals, Emperors--Powers and duties, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD, Rome (Ancient state), Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Appreciation, Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Portrayals, Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Powers and duties
...invariably preemptive aggression. The rich and powerful kingdom of Dacia (what is now north-west Romania) was subjugated in two major...Roman Forum. Aggression, it seemed, paid dividends. So, while Dacia was comprehensively plundered, ethnically cleansed and resettled...

Taxi Tensions Simmer
Magazine article by Barrack Otieno; African Business, September 1997
Subjects:	Automobiles, Three wheel--Economic aspects, Kenya, Taxicab service--Economic aspects, Taxicab services--Economic aspects, Three wheeled vehicles--Economic aspects
...Bajaj versions have to compete with other models produced by Dacia Motors which cost Shs 100,000 for a new unit. Like the Bajaj...Automobile Distributors (AAD). The model manufactured by the Dacia Motors has yet to make an impact on the local scene but, because...

Friends, Romans or Countrymen? Barbarians in the Empire
Magazine article by Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell; History Today, Vol. 44, July 1994
Subjects:	Barbarian invasions of Rome--History, Germanic tribes--History, Rome (Ancient)--History, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. (Empire)
...By the time of Marcus Aurelius in the second century, such transfers had become common practice: Marcus settled barbarians in Dacia (Romania), Pannonia (Western Hungary), Moesia (Romania-Bulgaria), the Rhineland and Italy itself, although the last-named settlement...

Kicking the Tires in Hungary
Magazine article by Miklos Vamos; The Nation, Vol. 251, October 29, 1990
Subjects:	Automobile industry--Hungary, Capitalism--Hungary, Hungary--Economic policy, Quality of life--Hungary
...Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. These vehicles -- Lada (Russian), Trabant and Wartburg (East German), Skoda (Czechoslovak), Dacia (Romanian) and Polski Fiat (Polish)--are poor replicas of Western European models of the 1960s. They burn a lot of leaded gasoline...

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Dacia Set for Assault on UK
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), March 14, 2008
Subjects:	Automobile industry, Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
Dacia Set for Assault on UK. THE NAME may not be familiar, but by this time next year, youll have heard plenty about Dacia. For the Romanian car company is one of the fastest growing...fundamental qualities that have become a hallmark of the Dacia range, namely ample cabin space, a high load capacity and...

REAR VIEW Mirror: Romanian Car; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Firestone Together
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 7, 2008
Subjects:	Automobile industry, Automobiles, Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Tire industry
...Firestone Together. Byline: Brian Twomey DACIA, the budget brand owned by Renault, has...1.5-litre diesel in two states of trim. Dacia, a Romanian car brand acquired by Renault...expected to be very competitively priced and Dacia have confirmed right-hand-drive production...

Emerging Markets Crisis Leaves Renault's Long-Term Plans Unaffected
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 1, 1998
Subjects:	Regie Nationale des Usines Renault, Transportation equipment industry
...acquiring a second brand, possibly Romanias Dacia, which is being privatised, to expand its...appears to be the leading candidate to buy Dacia. "If the privatisation is carried out...co-operative agreement to improve the quality of Dacia cars, derived from the Renault 12, modernise...

Lhuillier Cagers Win URBL Title
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 18, 2004
...Councilor Raul "Yayoy" Alcoseba. Bruce Dacia was totally ablaze unloading 14 of the...quintet who could only muster 16 points. Dacia handed over the scoring reins to James...Enriquez in the STI Mythical Five were Dacia at small forward, center Jerome Barbosa...

Iligan Captures NBC Cage Crown
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 15, 2007
Subjects:	Television broadcasting industry
...back triples by Marlon Basco and Bruce Dacia with 15 seconds left. But Arden Guiyab...into the payoff period on the snipping of Dacia and Bansil. Bong Marata, suiting up for...Prime Channel. Basco, a former twotime MVP; Dacia, Iloilos Ruel Balgos and Iligans Harold...

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Dacia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DACIA da sh , ancient name of the European region corresponding roughly to modern...was forced (a.d. 90) to pay them tribute to keep them quiet. Trajan invaded Dacia in a.d. 102 and again in 105. He established a large number of colonies, and Dacia became a Roman province. The Goths invaded (250 70) the region, and Aurelian was...

Getae
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GETAE see Dacia* . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.*

Vandals
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...along with other Germanic peoples, settled in the valley of the Oder about the 5th cent. b.c. They appeared in Pannonia and Dacia in the 3d cent. a.d., apparently under imperial aegis. In the early 5th cent., the Vandals began a migration that was to take...

Constans I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Roman emperor, youngest son of Constantine I. At his fathers death in 337 he received Italy and Africa as well as Pannonia and Dacia, while his brothers, Constantine II and Constantius II , received other portions of the empire. Trouble arose among them...

Aurelian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...succeeded Claudius II , whose victory over the Goths had begun the territorial rehabilitation of the empire. Aurelian conceded Dacia to the Goths but consolidated the Danubian provinces and held the barbarians beyond the Rhine in check. His most brilliant exploits...

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