The coin was used to pay senior soldiers and officials in the cut off Roman province of Dacia, suggest the researchers. Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have proven the authenticity of ...

The Roman Empire’s conquest of Dacia and Mesopotamia marked two major expansions—one in the rugged north, the other into the eastern frontiers. This video explores the strategies, emperors ...

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia extended for more than a thousand kilometres along the western, northern and eastern borders of the Roman province of Dacia, from the Danube River on each end, ...

While looking at the historical record alongside the new evidence from the coins, the team suggests that Sponsian was also an army commander in the Roman Province of Dacia during a period of ...

Archeological studies have established that Dacia, a Roman province that overlaps with modern-day Romania, was cut off from the rest of the empire around 260 A.D.

Roman Coins Thought for Centuries to Be Fakes Get a Fresh Appraisal New research suggests that the gold coins, which were found in 1713 and long dismissed as forgeries, may be authentic.

Some of the Roman silver coins unearthed in Dolj county. Modern-day Romania was known as Dacia during ancient Roman times and primarily occupied by the Dacians, according to Britannica.

A forgotten Roman emperor has been saved from obscurity as a coin long thought to be fake has finally been authenticated. The coin, unearthed 300 years ago, depicted a leader named Sponsian who ...

Scientists say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins — providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in fact have been real. But not everyone agrees.

Leader of Dacia The province of Dacia, which was cut off from the rest of the Roman empire in around 260 AD, was a region prized for its gold mines and mineral resources, according to UCL.