Décébale

Décébale , (in Latin: Decebalus ) (reign of 87 with 106) was a king dace.

After the death of the large king Burebista, Dacie is divided between four or five small States. This situation perdure until some Diurpaneus try to consolidate the heart of Dacie around Sarmizegetusa, which is in current the Judeţ de Hunedoara in Romania. It reorganizes the army dace, and in 85, Daces start to attack the strengthened Roman province of Mésie, in the south of the the Danube.

In 87, Domitien decides to send its prefect of the Praetorian Guards, Cornelius Fuscus, to punish and conquer Daces with four or five legions. Two Roman legions (from which the legion V '' Alaudae '') fall into a ambush and are beaten with Tapae (close to current Bucova), and Cornelius Fuscus is killed. Diurpaneus then changes its name into Décébale.

In 88, Tettius Iulianus order another Roman army in a campaign against Daces beaten in Tapae. As the revolts of the Germains on the the Rhine require an military intervention as a Messiah, the Romans must pay large sums in the form of tribute in Daces to preserve peace in the area. This situation humiliating for the Romans lasts until the accession of Trajan to the throne of the Roman Empire in 98. It immediately engages a series of military campaigns, which will extend the Roman Empire until its maximum limits.

Décébale is beaten by the Romans during their invasion of Dacie in 101, at the time of the news Bataille of Tapae (101), but this one preserves its statute of king customer under Roman protectorate. However, three years later, Décébale destroys the Roman forces in Dacie, forcing the Romans to send new reinforcements.

After length head office of Sarmizegetusa and a long combat, the Romans conquer finally Dacie. According to Dion Cassius (68, 14,3), Décébale, its beaten army, commits suicide rather than to constitute itself captive.

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