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The Dacian capital was razed and vast swathes of the population sold into slavery. Destruction of their culture and history may not have been the objective, but
by simonh 4y ago
The Dacian capital was razed and vast swathes of the population sold into slavery. Destruction of their culture and history may not have been the objective, but it was a pretty much inevitable result.
- qwytw 4y agoHistoriography was not something that really existed in places not heavily influenced by the Greeks. The first history book by a Roman was written around the time of the second punic wars (around 210 BC). In Persia the Sassanids and Parthians knew less about their Achaemenid past than the Greeks/Romans did. I'm not denying the atrocities committed by the Romans but chances are that both in Dacia and the Celtic world there weren't that many (if any) literary sources to destroy.
- simonh 4y agoSure, but who knows how many statues, inscriptions or other archaeological evidence was looted and destroyed.