Daco-Roman
Appearance
The termDaco-Romandescribes theRomanizedculture ofDaciaunder the rule of theRoman Empire.
Etymology[edit]
The Daco-Roman mixing theory, as an origin for theRomanian people,was formulated by the earliest Romanian scholars, beginning withDosofteifromMoldavia,in the 17thcentury,[1]followed in the early 1700s inTransylvania,through theRomanian Uniateclergy[2]and inWallachia,by the historianConstantin Cantacuzinoin hisIstoria Țării Rumânești dintru început( "History of Wallachia from the beginning "), and continued to amplify during the 19thand 20thcenturies.[3]
Famous individuals[edit]
- Regalianuswas aRoman usurperand became himself emperor for a brief period of time.
- Aureoluswas a Romanmilitary commanderand would-beusurperagainstGallienus.
- Galerius,Roman emperor from 305 to 311, though half Thracian from his fathers part.
- Ulpia Severina(fl.3rdcentury), the wife of the EmperorAurelianwhosenomenUlpiuswas widespread in all the provinces along theDanubemay have been fromDacia.[4]
See also[edit]
- Culture of Ancient Rome
- Dacian language
- Eastern Romance substratum
- Romanian language
- Origin of the Romanians
- Romance languages
- Legacy of the Roman Empire
- TheBalkan linguistic union
- History of Romania
- Gallo-Roman
- Thraco-Roman
- Romano-British culture
Notes[edit]
- ^Jonathan Eagles (25 October 2013).Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History.I.B.Tauris. pp. 9–.ISBN978-0-85772-314-7.
- ^Mark Biondich (17 February 2011).The Balkans: Revolution, War, and Political Violence Since 1878.Oxford University Press. pp. 32–.ISBN978-0-19-929905-8.
- ^Lucian Boia (2001).History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness.Central European University Press. pp. 85–.ISBN978-963-9116-97-9.
- ^Watson, Alaric (1999).Aurelian and the Third Century.London: Routledge.ISBN0-415-07248-4.
References[edit]
- Boia, Lucian(2001b).History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness.Central European University Press.ISBN978-963-9116-97-9.
- Cihac, Alexandru (1870).Dictionnaire d'étymologie daco-romane: éléments latins comparés avec les autres langues romanes(in French). Frankfurt:Ludolphe St-Goar.ISBN978-0-559-38812-5.
- Elton, Hugh (1996).Warfare in Roman Europe, AD 350-425.Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-815241-5.
- MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan(2000).The Dacian Stones Speak.The University of North Carolina Press.ISBN978-0-8078-4939-2.
Further reading[edit]
- (in English)Kelley L. RossThe Vlach Connection and Further Reflections on Roman History