Daco-Roman
The term Daco-Roman describes the Romanized culture of Dacia under the rule of the Roman Empire.
Etymology
The Daco-Roman mixing theory, as an origin for the
Romanian Uniate clergy[2] and in Wallachia, by the historian Constantin Cantacuzino in his Istoria Țării Rumânești dintru început (History of Wallachia from the beginning), and continued to amplify during the 19th and 20th centuries.[3]
Famous individuals
- Regalianus was a Roman usurper and became himself emperor for a brief period of time.
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- Galerius, Roman emperor from 305 to 311
- Constantine I (though more likely of Illyrian origin) was a Roman emperor who ruled between AD 306 and 337, born in what soon became the new Diocese of Dacia south of the Danube river. He was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
- Ulpia Severina (fl. 3rd century), the wife of the Emperor Aurelian whose nomen Ulpius was widespread in all the provinces along the Danube may have been from Dacia.[4]
- Leo I, Eastern Roman Emperor from 457 to 474
See also
- Culture of Ancient Rome
- Dacian language
- Eastern Romance substratum
- Romanian language
- Origin of the Romanians
- Romance languages
- Legacy of the Roman Empire
- The Balkan linguistic union
- History of Romania
- Gallo-Roman
- Thraco-Roman
- Romano-British culture
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-85772-314-7.
- ISBN 978-0-19-929905-8.
- ISBN 978-963-9116-97-9.
- ISBN 0-415-07248-4.
References
- ISBN 978-963-9116-97-9.
- Cihac, Alexandru (1870). Dictionnaire d'étymologie daco-romane: éléments latins comparés avec les autres langues romanes (in French). Frankfurt: ISBN 978-0-559-38812-5.
- Elton, Hugh (1996). Warfare in Roman Europe, AD 350-425. ISBN 978-0-19-815241-5.
- ISBN 978-0-8078-4939-2.
Further reading
- (in English) Kelley L. Ross The Vlach Connection and Further Reflections on Roman History