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The population of the Getae and the
Dacians, in antiquity, had reportedly inhabited the territory between the
Danube, the Black Sea, the Carpathian Mountains and the intra-Carpathian basin.
Evidence of their material culture has been unearthed in several archaeological
sites. The artefacts that have been found so far even date before the time Dacia was conquered by the Romans, but also after that period of time and
after the ensuing merger of the Dacian and the Roman civilizations. The weapons
that have been found among the excavated artefacts hold pride of place with
respect to the most valuable evidence that usually helps archaeologists get
the picture of the Getae and the Dacians standards of progress as compared to
those of the Romans.
The Romans presence in the Lower Danube
dates from the first century B.C. Quite a few of the Getae and Dacian tribes
had entered the orbit of the Roman civilization. However, there were tribes
that rejected such a merger of simply r