Explore Dacians through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dacians meaning
plural of Dacian
Using Dacians
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Dacian
- In the example corpus, dacians often appears in combinations such as: the dacians, dacians and.
Context around Dacians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dacians
- In this selection, "dacians" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 000, scythians, posed, appeared and thracians stand out and add context to how "dacians" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 12 000 dacians from the and against the dacians and reinforced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dacians" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dacians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Of these, the Sarmatians and the Dacians posed the most formidable threat. (12 words)
A lot of historical data of Dacians and Getae were wrongly attributed to Goths. (14 words)
Some linguists and historians have asserted that Albanians are Dacians who were not Romanized and migrated southward. (17 words)
Todd (2004) 23-4 A complicating factor is that the regions where Bastarnae are attested contained a patchwork of peoples and cultures (Sarmatians, Scythians, Dacians, Thracians, Celts, Germans and others), some sedentary, some nomadic. (34 words)
Domitian probably wanted a new war against the Dacians, and reinforced Upper Moesia with two more cavalry units brought from Syria and with at least five cohorts brought from Pannonia. (30 words)
Support for the Daco-Moesian theory can be found in Dio, who confirms that the Moesians and Getae on the south bank of the Danube were Dacians. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
A lot of historical data of Dacians and Getae were wrongly attributed to Goths.
Around 60 BC they clashed with the rising power of the Dacians under their king Burebista and were defeated.
Domitian probably wanted a new war against the Dacians, and reinforced Upper Moesia with two more cavalry units brought from Syria and with at least five cohorts brought from Pannonia.
He took the title Dacicus Maximus ("The great Victor over the Dacians") when he restored Dacia back to the Roman Empire in 336 AD.
Most likely, the Bastarnae, in alliance with Dacians, were attempting to assist the hard-pressed Illyrian/Celtic tribes of Pannonia in their resistance to Rome.
Of these, the Sarmatians and the Dacians posed the most formidable threat.
Some linguists and historians have asserted that Albanians are Dacians who were not Romanized and migrated southward.
So were the 12,000 Dacians 'from the neighbourhood of Roman Dacia sent away from their own country'.
Support for the Daco-Moesian theory can be found in Dio, who confirms that the Moesians and Getae on the south bank of the Danube were Dacians.
The Dacians appeared so formidable that Caesar contemplated an expedition against them, which his death in 44 BC prevented.
The Dacians are often mentioned under Augustus, according to whom they were compelled to recognize Roman supremacy.
Todd (2004) 23-4 A complicating factor is that the regions where Bastarnae are attested contained a patchwork of peoples and cultures (Sarmatians, Scythians, Dacians, Thracians, Celts, Germans and others), some sedentary, some nomadic.
Common combinations with dacians
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: